páli
Portuguese, noun/ˈpa.li/
páli is spelled P-Á-L-I (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 48,304th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Páli is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Pali” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dialeto indo-europeu médio; é uma forma simplificada de sânscrito”.
What does páli mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinePali
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dialeto indo-europeu médio; é uma forma simplificada de sânscrito
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.
How do you pronounce páli?
- Brazil /ˈpa.li/
- Portugal /ˈpa.li/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is páli in Portuguese?
páli 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).