universidade
Portuguese, noun/u.ni.veʁ.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
universidade is spelled U-N-I-V-E-R-S-I-D-A-D-E (12 letters) and appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 392nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Universidade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “university” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instituição que tem por objetivo fornecer ensino de nível superior, graduação, e pós-graduação, além de fazer…”.
What does universidade mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineuniversity
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instituição que tem por objetivo fornecer ensino de nível superior, graduação, e pós-graduação, além de fazer pesquisas científicas
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 universidade
- universidades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce universidade?
- Brazil /u.ni.veʁ.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
- Brazil [u.ni.veh.siˈda.d͡ʒi]
- /u.ni.veɾ.siˈda.d͡ʒi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to universidade
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is universidade in Portuguese?
universidade appears 234 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).