alcantil
Portuguese, noun/aw.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/
alcantil is spelled A-L-C-A-N-T-I-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcantil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cliff, crag, precipice” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “rocha escarpada”.
What does alcantil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecliff, crag, precipice
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do Estado da Paraíba
noun: 1. rocha escarpada 2. despenhadeiro 3. pináculo 4. píncaro
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 alcantil
- alcantis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcantil?
- Brazil /aw.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.kɐ̃ˈt͡ʃiʊ̯]
- Portugal /al.kɐ̃ˈtil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is alcantil in Portuguese?
alcantil appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).