tiocidade
Portuguese, noun/tju.siˈda.dɨ/
tiocidade is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mondegreen (error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “designa uma percepção imprecisa de uma frase ou conjunto de palavras, que é trocado por uma homofonia”.
What does tiocidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinemondegreen (error arising from mishearing a spoken or sung phrase, possibly in a different language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. designa uma percepção imprecisa de uma frase ou conjunto de palavras, que é trocado por uma homofonia
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 tiocidade
- tiocidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tiocidade?
- Portugal /tju.siˈda.dɨ/
- Portugal [tju.siˈða.ðɨ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tiocidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.