quiral
Portuguese, adjective/kiˈɾaw/
quiral is spelled Q-U-I-R-A-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese, the 189,447th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quiral is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “chiral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does quiral mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of quiral
- quirais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce quiral?
- Brazil /kiˈɾaw/
- Brazil [kiˈɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /kiˈɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to quiral
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is quiral in Portuguese?
quiral appears about once in every 45 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).