coronal
Portuguese, noun/ko.ɾoˈnaw/
coronal is spelled C-O-R-O-N-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written Portuguese, the 85,416th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coronal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coronal (the frontal bone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does coronal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculine(relating to the corona of a star)
- 2
femininemasculine(relating to a sound made with the tip or blade of tongue)
noun
- 1
masculinecoronal (the frontal bone)
- 2
masculinecoronal (consonant produced with tip or blade of tongue)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of coronal
- coronais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coronal?
- Brazil /ko.ɾoˈnaw/
- Brazil [ko.ɾoˈnaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ku.ɾuˈnal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coronal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coronal in Portuguese?
coronal 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).