funchal
Portuguese, noun/fũˈʃaw/
funchal is spelled F-U-N-C-H-A-L (7 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,965th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funchal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a field abounding in fennels” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “lugar onde há ou medra funcho, plantação de funchos”.
What does funchal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea field abounding in fennels
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. distrito e município portugueses
noun: 1. lugar onde há ou medra funcho, plantação de funchos
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 funchal
- funchais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce funchal?
- Brazil /fũˈʃaw/
- Brazil [fũˈʃaʊ̯]
- Portugal /fũˈʃal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is funchal in Portuguese?
funchal appears 2.0 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).