xintoísmo
Portuguese, noun/ʃĩ.toˈiz.mu/
xintoísmo is spelled X-I-N-T-O-Í-S-M-O (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xintoísmo is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Shinto (an animistic religion originating in Japan)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “antiga religião politeísta com características animistas do Japão, de origem autóctone e ainda professada nos…”.
What does xintoísmo mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineShinto (an animistic religion originating in Japan)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. antiga religião politeísta com características animistas do Japão, de origem autóctone e ainda professada nos dias atuais, caracterizada pela adoração a divindades que representam as forças da natureza, e pela ausência de escrituras sagradas, teologia, busca da salvação, prescrições de conduta e mandamentos; xinto
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 xintoísmo
- xintoísmos plural
- sintoísmo
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xintoísmo?
- Brazil /ʃĩ.toˈiz.mu/
- /ʃĩ.toˈiʒ.mu/
- Portugal /ʃĩˈtwiʒ.mu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is xintoísmo in Portuguese?
xintoísmo appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).