almud
Spanish, noun/alˈmud/
almud is spelled A-L-M-U-D (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish, the 183,993rd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Almud is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “synonym of celemín (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Cajón de madera que se usa como patrón del almud₁. En ocasiones tiene un almud y medio de capacidad y una…”.
What does almud mean in English?
noun
- 1
Spainmasculinesynonym of celemín (a traditional unit of dry measure equivalent to about 4.6 liters)
- 2
masculinealmud (a traditional unit of dry measure of highly variable size)
- 3
masculinealmud (a traditional unit of land area of highly variable size)
- 4
masculinealmud (a low wide style of box traditionally used to measure almudes)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Antigua unidad de medida de capacidad para grano y otros materiales, con diferentes valores según el lugar y la época. 2. Cajón de madera que se usa como patrón del almud₁. En ocasiones tiene un almud y medio de capacidad y una separación en su interior para medir un almud por un lado y medio por el otro. El lado interno de sus paredes también puede contener rayas para medir cantidades más pequeñas.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of almud
- almudes plural
- almú alternative pronunciation-spelling
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce almud?
- /alˈmud/
- [alˈmuð̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is almud in Spanish?
almud appears about once in every 26 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).