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sericicultura

Portuguese, noun/se.ɾi.si.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/

sericicultura is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “sericulture” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cultura de amoreiras e a criação do bicho-da-seda”.

What does sericicultura mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesericulture

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. cultura de amoreiras e a criação do bicho-da-seda 2. arte do fabrico da seda

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 sericicultura

  • sericiculturas plural

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

How do you pronounce sericicultura?

  • Brazil /se.ɾi.si.kuwˈtu.ɾɐ/
  • Brazil [se.ɾi.si.kuʊ̯ˈtu.ɾɐ]
  • Portugal /sɨ.ɾi.si.kulˈtu.ɾɐ/

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

English words that translate to sericicultura

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

How common is sericicultura in Portuguese?

sericicultura appears about once in every 83 million words in written Portuguese.

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