tanatologia
Portuguese, noun/taˈna.to.lo.ʒjɐ/
tanatologia is spelled T-A-N-A-T-O-L-O-G-I-A (11 letters) and appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese, the 141,055th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tanatologia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “thanatology (study of human aspects of death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que trata das diversas facetas que envolvem a transição da vida para a morte”.
What does tanatologia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininethanatology (study of human aspects of death)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência que trata das diversas facetas que envolvem a transição da vida para a morte
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.
How do you pronounce tanatologia?
- Brazil /taˈna.to.lo.ʒjɐ/
- Portugal /tɐˈna.tu.lu.ʒjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tanatologia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tanatologia in Portuguese?
tanatologia appears about once in every 23 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).