missal
Portuguese, noun/miˈsaw/
missal is spelled M-I-S-S-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Missal is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “missal (book containing prayers used during mass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “livro litúrgico que contém os textos (leitura e orações) necessários à celebração da missa durante o ano”.
What does missal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemissal (book containing prayers used during mass)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Paraná
noun: 1. livro litúrgico que contém os textos (leitura e orações) necessários à celebração da missa durante o ano
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 missal
- missais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce missal?
- Brazil /miˈsaw/
- Brazil [miˈsaʊ̯]
- Portugal /miˈsal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is missal in Portuguese?
missal appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).