lacrimal
Portuguese, noun/la.kɾiˈmaw/
lacrimal is spelled L-A-C-R-I-M-A-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lacrimal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lacrimal bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does lacrimal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinelachrymal (relating to tears)
- 2
femininemasculinewhich produces tears
noun
- 1
masculinelacrimal bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of lacrimal
- lacrimais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lacrimal?
- Brazil /la.kɾiˈmaw/
- Brazil [la.kɾiˈmaʊ̯]
- Portugal /lɐ.kɾiˈmal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lacrimal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lacrimal in Portuguese?
lacrimal appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).