puerperal
Portuguese, adjective/pu.eʁ.peˈɾaw/
puerperal is spelled P-U-E-R-P-E-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese, the 99,585th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Puerperal is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “puerperal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does puerperal mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepuerperal
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of puerperal
- puerperais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce puerperal?
- Brazil /pu.eʁ.peˈɾaw/
- Brazil [pu.eh.peˈɾaʊ̯]
- Brazil /pweʁ.peˈɾaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is puerperal in Portuguese?
puerperal appears about once in every 10 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).