apical
Portuguese, noun/a.piˈkaw/
apical is spelled A-P-I-C-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 84,550th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Apical is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “apical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does apical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineapical (relating to an apex)
- 2
femininemasculineapical (produced with the tip of the tongue)
noun
- 1
feminineapical (a sound produced by obstructing the air passage with the tip of the tongue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se situa no ápice
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 apical
- apicais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce apical?
- Brazil /a.piˈkaw/
- Brazil [a.piˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ɐ.piˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to apical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is apical in Portuguese?
apical appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).