maximal
Portuguese, adjective/mak.siˈmaw/
maximal is spelled M-A-X-I-M-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Maximal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “maximal, maximum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does maximal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinemaximal, maximum
- 2
femininemasculineof, or pertaining to, the maximum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of maximal
- maximais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce maximal?
- Brazil /mak.siˈmaw/
- Brazil [mak.siˈmaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ma.siˈmaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to maximal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is maximal in Portuguese?
maximal appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).