amanuense
Portuguese, noun/a.ma.nuˈẽ.si/
amanuense is spelled A-M-A-N-U-E-N-S-E (9 letters) and appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese, the 138,138th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Amanuense is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “amanuensis (one employed to take dictation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “escrevente de secretaria”.
What does amanuense mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineamanuensis (one employed to take dictation)
- 2
femininemasculineamanuensis (a clerk, secretary or stenographer)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. escrevente de secretaria
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 amanuense
- amanuenses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce amanuense?
- Brazil /a.ma.nuˈẽ.si/
- Brazil /a.maˈnwẽ.si/
- Portugal /ɐ.mɐˈnwẽ.sɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to amanuense
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is amanuense in Portuguese?
amanuense appears about once in every 22 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).