sciencia

Portuguese, noun

sciencia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ciência” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sciência is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1945) of ciência”.

What does sciencia mean in English?

noun

1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ciência

noun

as sciência

1
femininepre-reform spelling (used until 1945) of ciência

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

Forms of sciencia

sciencias plural
sciências plural

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

How common is sciencia in Portuguese?

sciencia appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.

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rarerper million words of written Portuguesemore common

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