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zeitgeist

Portuguese, noun/ˌzaj.t͡ʃiˈɡajs.t͡ʃi/

zeitgeist is spelled Z-E-I-T-G-E-I-S-T (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 69,446th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zeitgeist is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “zeitgeist (the dominant set of ideals and beliefs of an era)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does zeitgeist mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinezeitgeist (the dominant set of ideals and beliefs of an era)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of zeitgeist

  • zeitgeists plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce zeitgeist?

  • Brazil /ˌzaj.t͡ʃiˈɡajs.t͡ʃi/
  • Brazil [ˌzaɪ̯.t͡ʃiˈɡaɪ̯s.t͡ʃi]
  • Brazil /ˌtsaj.t͡ʃiˈɡajs.t͡ʃi/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to zeitgeist

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is zeitgeist in Portuguese?

zeitgeist appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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