vademécum
Spanish, noun/badeˈmekum/
vademécum is spelled V-A-D-E-M-É-C-U-M (9 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish, the 109,730th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vademécum is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “vade mecum; handbook” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Obra de referencia de poco volumen, apta para llevar consigo”.
What does vademécum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevade mecum; handbook
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Obra de referencia de poco volumen, apta para llevar consigo. 2. En particular, catálogo de los medicamentos disponibles en un determinado país, con sus dosajes y principios activos, para consulta de médicos y farmacéuticos. 3. Carpeta para guardar y llevar los útiles y escritos escolares.
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 vademécum
- vademécums plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vademécum?
- /badeˈmekum/
- [ba.ð̞eˈme.kũm]
- [bað̞eˈmekũm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vademécum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vademécum in Spanish?
vademécum appears about once in every 9 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).