existencial
Portuguese, adjective/e.zis.tẽ.siˈaw/
existencial is spelled E-X-I-S-T-E-N-C-I-A-L (11 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Existencial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “existential” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a existência”.
What does existencial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a existência 2. relativo ao existencialismo
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 existencial
- existenciais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce existencial?
- Brazil /e.zis.tẽ.siˈaw/
- Brazil [e.zis.tẽ.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /e.zis.tẽˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to existencial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is existencial in Portuguese?
existencial appears 2.9 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).