coruchéu
Portuguese, noun/ko.ɾuˈʃɛw/
coruchéu is spelled C-O-R-U-C-H-É-U (8 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Coruchéu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “spire (pyramidal roof)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “cúpula, em geral de igrejas, terminada em pirâmide ou com forma cônica e pontiaguda”.
What does coruchéu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespire (pyramidal roof)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cúpula, em geral de igrejas, terminada em pirâmide ou com forma cônica e pontiaguda 2. cúpula piramidal em construções chinesas 3. por extensão, toda torre com arremate pontiagudo localizada no topo de uma construção 4. torre, na arquitetura árabe, onde se acendiam fogueiras para sinalização à distância
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 coruchéu
- coruchéus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce coruchéu?
- Brazil /ko.ɾuˈʃɛw/
- Brazil [ko.ɾuˈʃɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /ku.ɾuˈʃɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to coruchéu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is coruchéu in Portuguese?
coruchéu appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).