decimal
Portuguese, noun/de.siˈmaw/
decimal is spelled D-E-C-I-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 34,194th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Decimal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “decimal (number expressed in the decimal system)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does decimal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedecimal (concerning numbers expressed in decimal or calculations using decimal)
noun
- 1
masculinedecimal (number expressed in the decimal system)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a dez ou à décima parte 2. que tem por base o número dez 3. número escrito no sistema decimal
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 decimal
- decimais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce decimal?
- Brazil /de.siˈmaw/
- Brazil [de.siˈmaʊ̯]
- Portugal /dɛ.siˈmal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to decimal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is decimal in Portuguese?
decimal appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).