edil
Portuguese, noun/eˈd͡ʒiw/
edil is spelled E-D-I-L (4 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 31,281st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Edil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “councilor (member of a municipal council)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “funcionário ou magistrado cuja função era fiscalizar edifícios e outras obras, assim como serviços públicos…”.
What does edil mean in English?
noun
- 1
Portugalmasculinecouncilor (member of a municipal council)
- 2
masculineaedile (elected official in Ancient Rome)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. funcionário ou magistrado cuja função era fiscalizar edifícios e outras obras, assim como serviços públicos, como ruas, abastecimento de água, etc.; era tido como funcionário administrativo regular, de segundo escalão no Império Romano 2. o mesmo que vereador 3. o mesmo que prefeito (chefe do poder executivo)
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 edil
- edis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce edil?
- Brazil /eˈd͡ʒiw/
- Brazil [eˈd͡ʒiʊ̯]
- Portugal /eˈdil/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to edil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is edil in Portuguese?
edil appears 1.1 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).