faial
Portuguese, noun/fajˈaw/
faial is spelled F-A-I-A-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Faial is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “beechwood (a wood largely populated with beech trees)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde há faias, bosque de faias”.
What does faial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeechwood (a wood largely populated with beech trees)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ilha do arquipélago português dos Açores
noun: 1. lugar onde há faias, bosque de faias 2. lugar abrupto, despenhadeiro
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 faial
- faiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce faial?
- Brazil /fajˈaw/
- Brazil [faɪ̯ˈaʊ̯]
- Portugal /fajˈal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to faial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is faial in Portuguese?
faial appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).