frontal
Portuguese, noun/fɾõˈtaw/
frontal is spelled F-R-O-N-T-A-L (7 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 8,438th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frontal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “frontal bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “osso ímpar e simétrico situado na parte da frente da cabeça, na testa”.
What does frontal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinefrontal
noun
- 1
masculinefrontal bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. de frente 2. relativo à fronte 3. direto; franco; aberto
noun: 1. osso ímpar e simétrico situado na parte da frente da cabeça, na testa 2. adorno colocado em cima de portas ou janelas 3. parede de meio tijolo 4. frente do altar
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 frontal
- frontais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frontal?
- Brazil /fɾõˈtaw/
- Brazil [fɾõˈtaʊ̯]
- Portugal /fɾõˈtal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frontal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frontal in Portuguese?
frontal appears 8.3 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).