furriel
Portuguese, noun/fu.ʁiˈɛw/
furriel is spelled F-U-R-R-I-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese, the 94,578th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Furriel is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “furir (military rank)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “oficial superior ao porta-bandeira na infantaria ou ao porta-estandarte, na cavalaria”.
What does furriel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefurir (military rank)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinefurir (military officer with that rank)
noun
- 1
masculinegrosbeak (species of bird in the family Cardinalidae), particularly
- 2
masculineyellow-green grosbeak (Caryothraustes canadensis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. oficial superior ao porta-bandeira na infantaria ou ao porta-estandarte, na cavalaria. 2. posto equivalente ao de segundo sargento
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 furriel
- furriéis plural
- forriel
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce furriel?
- Brazil /fu.ʁiˈɛw/
- Brazil [fu.hiˈɛʊ̯]
- Brazil /fuˈʁjɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to furriel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is furriel in Portuguese?
furriel appears about once in every 9 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).