quintessencial
Portuguese, adjective/kĩ.te.sẽ.siˈaw/
quintessencial is spelled Q-U-I-N-T-E-S-S-E-N-C-I-A-L (14 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese, the 198,857th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quintessencial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “quintessential (of the nature of a quintessence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quintessencial mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinequintessential (of the nature of a quintessence)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of quintessencial
- quintessenciais plural
- quinta-essencial alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quintessencial?
- Brazil /kĩ.te.sẽ.siˈaw/
- Brazil [kĩ.te.sẽ.siˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /kĩ.te.sẽˈsjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quintessencial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quintessencial in Portuguese?
quintessencial appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).