xilografia
Portuguese, noun/ʃi.lo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
xilografia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “xylography (art of making engravings in wood)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “arte de gravar em madeira”.
What does xilografia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininexylography (art of making engravings in wood)
- 2
femininexylograph (engraving in wood)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. arte de gravar em madeira
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 xilografia
- xilografias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xilografia?
- Brazil /ʃi.lo.ɡɾaˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal /ʃi.lɔ.ɡɾɐˈfi.ɐ/
- Portugal [ʃi.lɔ.ɣɾɐˈfi.ɐ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to xilografia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xilografia in Portuguese?
xilografia appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).