secular
Portuguese, adjective/se.kuˈlaʁ/
secular is spelled S-E-C-U-L-A-R (7 letters) and appears 4.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 12,620th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Secular is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “secular” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a século”.
What does secular 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. relativo a século 2. que se faz ou se cumpre de século a século 3. que é muito antigo, que dura há muitos anos 4. tão longo, tão dilatado, tão demorado, que parece durar um século
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 secular
- seculares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce secular?
- Brazil /se.kuˈlaʁ/
- Brazil [se.kuˈlah]
- /se.kuˈlaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to secular
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is secular in Portuguese?
secular appears 4.8 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).