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portingale

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
portin-gale
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Obsolete form of Portugal.

Obsolete

noun

A Portuguese person.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Middle English Portyngale, from Middle French Portingal, which added an intrusive /n/ sound through the process of excrescence, from Latin Portucale.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Portingal (alternative) Portingales (plural)

Questions

What does portingale mean?
Obsolete form of Portugal.
Where does portingale come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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