summum
Spanish, noun
summum is spelled S-U-M-M-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish, the 130,910th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Summum is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “summit; apogee” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, súmmum is a different word: “height, peak (the maximum degree)”.
What does summum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesummit; apogee
noun
- 1
masculineheight, peak (the maximum degree)
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Valor máximo que una cualidad puede alcanzar.
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 summum
- summums plural
- sumun alternative
- súmmum alternative
- súmum alternative
- súmmumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is summum in Spanish?
summum appears about once in every 12 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).