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cul-de-sac

Portuguese, noun/ˌkuw.d͡ʒiˈsa.ki/

cul-de-sac is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “cul-de-sac; blind alley (street that leads nowhere)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does cul-de-sac mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinecul-de-sac; blind alley (street that leads nowhere)

  2. 2

    masculinecul-de-sac (circular area at the end of a dead end street)

  3. 3

    masculinecul-de-sac; dead end; impasse

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of cul-de-sac

  • culs-de-sac plural
  • cul-de-sacs plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce cul-de-sac?

  • Brazil /ˌkuw.d͡ʒiˈsa.ki/
  • Brazil [ˌkuʊ̯.d͡ʒiˈsa.ki]
  • Portugal /ˌkul.dɨˈsak/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.