zootecnia
Portuguese, noun/ˌzɔ.o.te.kiˈni.ɐ/
zootecnia is spelled Z-O-O-T-E-C-N-I-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,272nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zootecnia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “zootechnics; zootechny; animal husbandry (the study of livestock breeding)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ciência que trata da criação comercial de animais, domesticados ou silvestres, versando sobre todos os…”.
What does zootecnia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininezootechnics; zootechny; animal husbandry (the study of livestock breeding)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ciência que trata da criação comercial de animais, domesticados ou silvestres, versando sobre todos os aspectos da atividade desde a nutrição, aperfeiçoamento genético, trato e manejo em todas as etapas de vida, buscando ainda o bem estar animal e prevenção de zoonoses, objetivando maximizar sua produtividade e lucratividade 2. o mesmo que taxidermia
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.
How do you pronounce zootecnia?
- Brazil /ˌzɔ.o.te.kiˈni.ɐ/
- Brazil /ˌzɔ.o.tekˈni.ɐ/
- Portugal /zu.ɔ.tɛkˈni.ɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zootecnia in Portuguese?
zootecnia appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).