velhice
Portuguese, noun/vɛˈʎi.sɨ/
velhice is spelled V-E-L-H-I-C-E (7 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,458th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Velhice is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “oldness, age (the property of that which is old)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o estado de ser velho”.
What does velhice mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineoldness, age (the property of that which is old)
- 2
feminineold age (the time when one is an old person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o estado de ser velho
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 velhice
- velhices plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce velhice?
- Portugal /vɛˈʎi.sɨ/
- Portugal /vɨˈʎi.sɨ/
- Portugal /bɛˈʎi.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to velhice
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is velhice in Portuguese?
velhice appears 3.0 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).