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reitor

Portuguese, noun/ʁejˈtoʁ/

reitor is spelled R-E-I-T-O-R (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,851st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reitor is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rector” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa que rege, governa”.

What does reitor mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinerector

  2. 2

    masculineprovost

  3. 3

    masculinedean

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. pessoa que rege, governa 2. indivíduo que preside a administração de uma instituição de ensino, em especial de ensino superior

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 reitor

  • reitores plural
  • reitora feminine
  • reitoras feminine plural
  • reytor alternative obsolete

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce reitor?

  • Brazil /ʁejˈtoʁ/
  • Brazil [heɪ̯ˈtoh]
  • /ʁejˈtoɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to reitor

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is reitor in Portuguese?

reitor appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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