serventia
Portuguese, noun/seʁ.vẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
serventia is spelled S-E-R-V-E-N-T-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Serventia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “usefulness (the quality of being useful)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “qualidade do que serve ou do que tem utilidade ou préstimo”.
What does serventia mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineusefulness (the quality of being useful)
- 2
femininepassage
- 3
feminineentry, opening
- 4
feminineservitude
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. qualidade do que serve ou do que tem utilidade ou préstimo 2. servidão 3. passagem 4. passadiço
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 serventia
- serventias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce serventia?
- Brazil /seʁ.vẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
- Brazil [seɦ.vẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ]
- /seɾ.vẽˈt͡ʃi.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is serventia in Portuguese?
serventia appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).