reminiscência
Portuguese, noun/ʁe.mi.niˈsẽ.sjɐ/
reminiscência is spelled R-E-M-I-N-I-S-C-Ê-N-C-I-A (13 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Reminiscência is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “reminiscence, recollection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “efeito de lembrar(-se) parcialmente de algo”.
What does reminiscência mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininereminiscence, recollection
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. efeito de lembrar(-se) parcialmente de algo 2. algo remanescente na memória
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 reminiscência
- reminiscências plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce reminiscência?
- Brazil /ʁe.mi.niˈsẽ.sjɐ/
- Brazil [he.mi.niˈsẽ.sjɐ]
- /ʁe.mi.niˈsẽ.sjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to reminiscência
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is reminiscência in Portuguese?
reminiscência appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).