alveolar
Portuguese, noun/aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/
alveolar is spelled A-L-V-E-O-L-A-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 64,715th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alveolar is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alveolar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealveolar (relating to the alveoli of the lungs)
- 2
femininemasculinealveolar (relating to the jaw ridge)
- 3
femininemasculinealveolar (produced on the jaw ridge)
noun
- 1
femininealveolar (a consonant produced on the jaw ridge)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alveolar
- alveolares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alveolar?
- Brazil /aw.ve.oˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ve.oˈlah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alveolar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alveolar in Portuguese?
alveolar appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).