umbilical
Portuguese, adjective/ũ.bi.liˈkaw/
umbilical is spelled U-M-B-I-L-I-C-A-L (9 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 28,900th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Umbilical is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “umbilical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “do umbigo ou com ele relacionado”.
What does umbilical 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. do umbigo ou com ele relacionado
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 umbilical
- umbilicais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce umbilical?
- Brazil /ũ.bi.liˈkaw/
- Brazil [ũ.bi.liˈkaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ũ.bi.liˈkal/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to umbilical
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is umbilical in Portuguese?
umbilical appears 1.3 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).