recursividade
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.kuʁ.si.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
recursividade is spelled R-E-C-U-R-S-I-V-I-D-A-D-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recursividade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “recursivity (the quality of being recursive: referring back to itself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “propriedade daquilo que se repete infinitamente invocando, criando ou citando a si mesmo sucessivamente…”.
What does recursividade mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecursivity (the quality of being recursive: referring back to itself)
- 2
femininerecursivity (the quality of being recursive: having a function that calls itself)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. propriedade daquilo que se repete infinitamente invocando, criando ou citando a si mesmo sucessivamente; iteratividade
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recursividade
- recursividades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recursividade?
- Brazil /ʁe.kuʁ.si.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [he.kuh.si.viˈda.d͡ʒi]
- /ʁe.kuɾ.si.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recursividade in Portuguese?
recursividade appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).