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anticlinal

Portuguese, noun/ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kliˈnaw/

anticlinal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “anticline (anticlinal fold)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does anticlinal mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineanticline (anticlinal fold)

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineanticlinal (inclining or dipping in opposite directions)

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

Forms of anticlinal

  • anticlinais plural

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

How do you pronounce anticlinal?

  • Brazil /ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kliˈnaw/
  • Brazil [ˌɐ̃.t͡ʃi.kliˈnaʊ̯]
  • Portugal /ˌɐ̃.ti.kliˈnal/

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

English words that translate to anticlinal

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