sepulcral
Portuguese, adjective/se.puwˈkɾaw/
sepulcral is spelled S-E-P-U-L-C-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 86,274th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sepulcral is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “sepulchral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que traz à memória a morte ou o sepulcro, ou que aparenta ser do sepulcro ou da morte”.
What does sepulcral 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. que traz à memória a morte ou o sepulcro, ou que aparenta ser do sepulcro ou da morte 2. próprio de sepulcro 3. em que há sepulcro
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 sepulcral
- sepulcrais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sepulcral?
- Brazil /se.puwˈkɾaw/
- Brazil [se.puʊ̯ˈkɾaʊ̯]
- Portugal /sɨ.pulˈkɾal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sepulcral in Portuguese?
sepulcral appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).