portuguese
/ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.03 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to Portugal.
adj
Of or pertaining to the people of Portugal or their culture.
adj
Of or pertaining to the Portuguese language.
name
A Romance language originating in Portugal, and now the official language of Portugal, Angola, Mozambique, São Tomé and Príncipe, Guiné Bissau (Guinea-Bissau), Cape Verde, East Timor, and Brazil.
Example Sentences
- "Portuguese borders"
- "The British army had already moved over the border and the commander had established his HQ high in the central Portuguese mountains at Viseu."
- "Portuguese cuisines"
- "In San Diego County there is but one Portuguese fisherman, as is also the case in Los Angeles, the county immediately adjoining."
- "Portuguese verbs"
- "The latter feature indicates that a Portuguese consonant cannot constitute the nucleus of a syllable."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Portuguese
Word Breakdown
- Root: português
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpoɹ.t͡ʃəˈɡiz/
- British English: /ˌpɔː.t͡ʃəˈɡiːz/
Inflected Forms
more Portuguese (comparative)
most Portuguese (superlative)
Portugueese (alternative)
Portugueze (alternative)
Portugese (alternative)
Portugueses (archaic, plural)
Derived Forms
Phrases
Frequently Paired Words
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