quiral
Spanish, adjective/kiˈɾal/
quiral is spelled Q-U-I-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish, the 231,957th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiral is a Spanish feminine adjective meaning “chiral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Asimétrico de tal modo que una estructura y su imagen especular no pueden ser superpuestas”.
What does quiral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Asimétrico de tal modo que una estructura y su imagen especular no pueden ser superpuestas.
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 quiral
- quirales feminine masculine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiral?
- /kiˈɾal/
- [kiˈɾal]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiral in Spanish?
quiral appears about once in every 43 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).