tirso
Portuguese, noun/ˈt͡ʃiʁ.su/
tirso is spelled T-I-R-S-O (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,254th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tirso is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “thyrsus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “bastão enfeitado com hera e pâmpanos rematado em forma de pinha; é o emblema do deus Baco”.
What does tirso mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinethyrsus
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. bastão enfeitado com hera e pâmpanos rematado em forma de pinha; é o emblema do deus Baco 2. disposição de flores em forma de pirâmides (como no castanheiro, no lilás, etc.)
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 tirso
- tirsos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tirso?
- Brazil /ˈt͡ʃiʁ.su/
- Brazil [ˈt͡ʃih.su]
- /ˈt͡ʃiɾ.su/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tirso
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tirso in Portuguese?
tirso appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).