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período.

period (interval of time)

7 characters3 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/peˈɾiw.du/Brazil[peˈɾiʊ̯.du]Brazil/peˈɾi.o.du/Brazil/pɨˈɾi.u.du/Portugal
  1. period (interval of time) period (geochronologic unit of millions years)

    masculine
  2. period (interval of time) a school year interval (in pre-university education) of approximately three months

    Portugal · masculine
  3. period (menstruation)

    euphemistic · masculine
  4. sentence consisting of one or more clauses

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Learned borrowing from New Latin periodus, a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek περῐ́οδος (perĭ́odos, “going round in a circle, periodic recurrence”).

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.