arapaima
/ˌɑːɹəˈpaɪmə/noun
arapaima is a noun meaning “Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-R-A-P-A-I-M-A, and it appears about once in every 46 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of arapaima is arapaimas.
What does arapaima mean?
noun
- 1
Any large, bonytongue fish in the genus Arapaima, native to the Amazon and Essequibo basins of South America.
- 2
One of the type species of this genus (Arapaima gigas).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce arapaima?
- /ˌɑːɹəˈpaɪmə/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of arapaima
- arapaimas plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is arapaima?
Arapaima appears about once in every 46 million words in written English, the 209,386th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Arapaima in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Arapaima gigas:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | arapaïma, pirarucu |
| Portuguese | pirarucu |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arapaima come from?
Borrowed from taxonomic name Arapaima, from Kari'na warapaimo.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).