irregular
Portuguese, adjective/i.ʁe.ɡuˈlaʁ/
irregular is spelled I-R-R-E-G-U-L-A-R (9 letters) and appears 7.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 9,158th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Irregular is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “irregular; nonstandard” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que não tem regularidade, quebrando uma série, um padrão”.
What does irregular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineirregular; nonstandard
- 2
femininemasculineirregular (not following an inflectional paradigm)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que não tem regularidade, quebrando uma série, um padrão
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 irregular
- irregulares plural
- irregularíssimo absolute superlative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce irregular?
- Brazil /i.ʁe.ɡuˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [i.he.ɡuˈlah]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to irregular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is irregular in Portuguese?
irregular appears 7.4 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).