réptil
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁɛp.t͡ʃiw/
réptil is spelled R-É-P-T-I-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Réptil is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “reptile (a cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “animal de sangue frio, (espécime) pertencente à classe Reptilia; exs.: crocodilo, jacaré, lagarto, camaleão…”.
What does réptil mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinereptile (a cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia)
- 2
derogatorymasculinereptile (mean or grovelling person)
adjective
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculinereptile (grovelling; low; vulgar)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que se arrasta ou aparenta arrastar-se 2. relativo aos répteis 3. traiçoeiro
noun: 1. animal de sangue frio, (espécime) pertencente à classe Reptilia; exs.: crocodilo, jacaré, lagarto, camaleão, iguana, cobra, tartaruga, jabuti, cágado e os extintos dinossauros
adjective: 1. relativo aos répteis/repteis 2. rastejante 3. desprezível, inescrupuloso
noun: 1. animal vertebrado heterotérmico da classe Reptilia 2. classe de animais que possui escamas
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 réptil
- répteis plural
- reptil alternative
- rep.til canonical
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce réptil?
- Brazil /ˈʁɛp.t͡ʃiw/
- Brazil [ˈhɛp.t͡ʃiʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˈʁɛ.pi.t͡ʃiw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to réptil
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is réptil in Portuguese?
réptil 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).