relicário
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.liˈka.ɾju/
relicário is spelled R-E-L-I-C-Á-R-I-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 54,308th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relicário is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reliquary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde se guarda algo que é precioso; uma referência a relíquia, algo ou alguém importante”.
What does relicário mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereliquary
- 2
masculineshrine
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lugar onde se guarda algo que é precioso; uma referência a relíquia, algo ou alguém importante 2. caixa protegida; cofre
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 relicário
- relicários plural
- reliquiário alternative rare
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relicário?
- Brazil /ʁe.liˈka.ɾju/
- Brazil [he.liˈka.ɾju]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relicário
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relicário in Portuguese?
relicário appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).