projéctil
Portuguese, noun
projéctil is spelled P-R-O-J-É-C-T-I-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Projéctil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of projétil; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, projectil is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide projétil”.
What does projéctil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1990) of projétil; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of projétil
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. vide projétil
noun: 1. vide projétil
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 projéctil
- projecteis plural
- projécteis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to projéctil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is projéctil in Portuguese?
projéctil appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).