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acicular

Portuguese, adjective/a.si.kuˈlaʁ/

acicular is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “acicular (needle-shaped)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “em forma de agulha”.

What does acicular mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineacicular (needle-shaped)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. em forma de agulha

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

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

Forms of acicular

  • aciculares plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce acicular?

  • Brazil /a.si.kuˈlaʁ/
  • Brazil [a.si.kuˈlah]
  • /a.si.ku.'lar/

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

English words that translate to acicular

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