vestigial
Portuguese, adjective/ves.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaw/
vestigial is spelled V-E-S-T-I-G-I-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vestigial is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “vestigial” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a vestígio”.
What does vestigial 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 vestígio
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 vestigial
- vestigiais plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vestigial?
- Brazil /ves.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaw/
- Brazil [ves.t͡ʃi.ʒiˈaʊ̯]
- Brazil /ves.t͡ʃiˈʒjaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vestigial
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vestigial in Portuguese?
vestigial appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).