ñame
Spanish, noun/ˈɲame/
ñame is spelled Ñ-A-M-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish, the 55,445th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ñame is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “yam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “(Dioscorea spp.) Planta trepadora dioica, originaria de Asia y África, de tallos endebles y de tres a cuatro…”.
What does ñame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyam
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (Dioscorea spp.) Planta trepadora dioica, originaria de Asia y África, de tallos endebles y de tres a cuatro metros de largo, cultivada ampliamente por su tubérculo comestible. 2. Tubérculo de esta planta, utilizado como alimento rico en fécula y proteínas. Es un cultivo de suma importancia en África y Oceanía. 3. Por analogía, otras plantas tuberosas, en especial la mandioca o casaba (Manihot esculenta). 4. Persona sin instrucción o de escasa inteligencia.
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 ñame
- ñames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ñame?
- /ˈɲame/
- [ˈɲa.me]
- Spain [ˈɲame]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ñame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ñame in Spanish?
ñame appears about once in every 2 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).