adem
Portuguese, noun/ˈa.dẽj̃/
adem is spelled A-D-E-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 76,994th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adem is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “mallard (Anas platyrhynchos, a wild species of duck)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a diversas espécies de patos”.
What does adem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemallard (Anas platyrhynchos, a wild species of duck)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. cidade portuária do Iêmen
noun: 1. nome comum a diversas espécies de patos 2. espécie de pato selvagem (Anas platyrhynchos) encontrada na América do Norte, na Europa e na Ásia 3. local em que se criam adens (Anas platyrhynchos)
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 adem
- adens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce adem?
- Brazil /ˈa.dẽj̃/
- Brazil [ˈa.dẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /ˈa.dɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is adem in Portuguese?
adem appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).