clerical
Portuguese, adjective/kle.ɾiˈkaw/
clerical is spelled C-L-E-R-I-C-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Clerical is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “clerical (of or relating to the clergy)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does clerical mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineclerical (of or relating to the clergy)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of clerical
- clericais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce clerical?
- Brazil /kle.ɾiˈkaw/
- Brazil [kle.ɾiˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /klɛ.ɾiˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to clerical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is clerical in Portuguese?
clerical appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).