semiologia
Portuguese, noun/se.mi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
semiologia is spelled S-E-M-I-O-L-O-G-I-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 67,344th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Semiologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “the study of the signs and symptoms of disease; symptomatology” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “tratado dos sintomas das doenças”.
What does semiologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethe study of the signs and symptoms of disease; symptomatology.
- 2
femininesemiotics (study of communication signs)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. tratado dos sintomas das doenças 2. estudo das trasladações ou mudanças que no espaço e no tempo experimenta a significação das palavras, consideradas como sinais das ideias
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 semiologia
- semiologias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce semiologia?
- Brazil /se.mi.o.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Brazil /se.mjo.loˈʒi.ɐ/
- Portugal /sɨ.mju.luˈʒi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to semiologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is semiologia in Portuguese?
semiologia 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).