rial
Portuguese, noun/ʁiˈaw/
rial is spelled R-I-A-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 60,841st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rial is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade monetária da Arábia e outros países”.
What does rial mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerial (currency of Iran, Oman, Yemen and Saudi Arabia)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of real
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1920) of real
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. unidade monetária da Arábia e outros países
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 rial
- riais plural
- réis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rial?
- Brazil /ʁiˈaw/
- Brazil [hiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ˈʁjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rial in Portuguese?
rial appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).