humus
Spanish, noun/ˈumus/
humus is spelled H-U-M-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish, the 39,622nd most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Humus is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “hummus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Estrato superior del terreno, negruzco, compuesto por substancias coloidales originadas mediante…”.
What does humus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehummus
- 2
masculinehumus
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Estrato superior del terreno, negruzco, compuesto por substancias coloidales originadas mediante descomposición de restos orgánicos por hongos y bacterias.
noun: 1. Grafía alternativa de hummus.
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.
How do you pronounce humus?
- /ˈumus/
- [ˈu.mus]
- [ˈumus]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to humus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is humus in Spanish?
humus appears about once in every 1 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).