tectônica
Portuguese, noun
tectônica is spelled T-E-C-T-Ô-N-I-C-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,152nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tectônica is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “tectonics” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of tectônico. With an accent, tectónica is a different word: “tectonics”.
What does tectônica mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetectonics
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tectônico
noun
- 1
femininetectonics
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of tectónico
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. parte da geologia que estuda as alterações da estrutura da crosta terrestre por ação de forças internas 2. o mesmo que geotectónica 3. arquitetura 4. arte de construir edifícios
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 tectônica
- tectónicas plural
- tectônica alternative Brazil
- tectônicas plural
- tectónica alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tectônica
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tectônica in Portuguese?
tectônica appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).