perpendicular
Portuguese, noun/peʁ.pẽ.d͡ʒi.kuˈlaʁ/
perpendicular is spelled P-E-R-P-E-N-D-I-C-U-L-A-R (13 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Perpendicular is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “perpendicular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linha que forma com outra um ângulo reto”.
What does perpendicular mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineperpendicular
noun
- 1
feminineperpendicular
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que forma um ângulo de 90 graus:
noun: 1. linha que forma com outra um ângulo reto:
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 perpendicular
- perpendiculares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce perpendicular?
- Brazil /peʁ.pẽ.d͡ʒi.kuˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [peh.pẽ.d͡ʒi.kuˈlah]
- /peɾ.pẽ.d͡ʒi.kuˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to perpendicular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is perpendicular in Portuguese?
perpendicular appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).