bedel
Portuguese, noun/beˈdɛw/
bedel is spelled B-E-D-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese, the 109,086th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bedel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “bedel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécie de inspetor de corredor nas escolas superiores”.
What does bedel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebedel
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. espécie de inspetor de corredor nas escolas superiores 2. qualquer inspetor responsável pela manutenção da ordem nos espaços comuns de instituições de ensino
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 bedel
- bedéis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bedel?
- Brazil /beˈdɛw/
- Brazil [beˈdɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /bɨˈdɛl/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bedel in Portuguese?
bedel appears about once in every 13 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).