dorsal
Portuguese, noun/doʁˈsaw/
dorsal is spelled D-O-R-S-A-L (6 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,895th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dorsal is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “ridge” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dorsal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinedorsal (of the back)
- 2
femininemasculinedorsal (of the top surface of a hand or foot)
noun
- 1
feminineridge
- 2
femininedorsal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a dorso
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 dorsal
- dorsais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dorsal?
- Brazil /doʁˈsaw/
- Brazil [dohˈsaʊ̯]
- /doɾˈsaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dorsal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dorsal in Portuguese?
dorsal appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).