occipital
Portuguese, noun/o.ki.si.piˈtaw/
occipital is spelled O-C-C-I-P-I-T-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 52,034th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Occipital is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “the occipital bone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que occipício”.
What does occipital mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineoccipital (pertaining to the back of the head)
noun
- 1
masculinethe occipital bone
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que occipício 2. osso do corpo humano localizado na base da cabeça
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 occipital
- occipitais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce occipital?
- Brazil /o.ki.si.piˈtaw/
- Brazil [o.ki.si.piˈtaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ok.si.piˈtaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to occipital
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is occipital in Portuguese?
occipital appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).