adão
Portuguese, noun/aˈdɐ̃w̃/
adão is spelled A-D-Ã-O (4 letters) and appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “philosopher's stone (a substance thought to be the quintessence of the universe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pó medicinal tido como quinta essência universal por pensadores antigos”.
What does adão mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinephilosopher's stone (a substance thought to be the quintessence of the universe)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prenome masculino 2. segundo a Bíblia, foi o primeiro homem criado por Deus
noun: 1. pó medicinal tido como quinta essência universal por pensadores antigos
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of adão
- adões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adão?
- Brazil /aˈdɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [aˈdɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ɐˈdɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adão in Portuguese?
adão appears 5.2 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).