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peculiar

Spanish, adjective/pekuˈljaɾ/

peculiar is spelled P-E-C-U-L-I-A-R (8 letters) and appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish, the 9,091st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Peculiar is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “peculiar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Que no es habitual o frecuente”.

What does peculiar mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepeculiar

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

How Spanish dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Que no es habitual o frecuente 2. Propio o característico de una entidad particular

The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.

Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of peculiar

  • peculiares feminine masculine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peculiar?

  • /pekuˈljaɾ/
  • [pe.kuˈljaɾ]
  • [pekuˈljaɾ]

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

English words that translate to peculiar

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

How common is peculiar in Spanish?

peculiar appears 7.2 times per million words in written Spanish.

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

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