residual
Portuguese, adjective/ʁe.zi.duˈaw/
residual is spelled R-E-S-I-D-U-A-L (8 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 19,354th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Residual is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “residual” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “referente a resíduo”.
What does residual mean in English?
adjective
- 1
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Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. referente a resíduo
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 residual
- residuais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce residual?
- Brazil /ʁe.zi.duˈaw/
- Brazil [he.zi.duˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ʁe.ziˈdwaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is residual in Portuguese?
residual appears 2.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).