paroquial
Portuguese, adjective/pa.ɾo.kiˈaw/
paroquial is spelled P-A-R-O-Q-U-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 21,396th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paroquial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “parochial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo ou pertencente ao pároco ou à paróquia”.
What does paroquial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo ou pertencente ao pároco ou à paróquia
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 paroquial
- paroquiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paroquial?
- Brazil /pa.ɾo.kiˈaw/
- Brazil [pa.ɾo.kiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /pa.ɾoˈkjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to paroquial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paroquial in Portuguese?
paroquial appears 2.1 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).