anu
Portuguese, noun/aˈnu/
anu is spelled A-N-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,216th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Anu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ani (any bird of the genus Crotophaga)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome comum a várias aves da família dos Cuculídeos”.
What does anu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineani (any bird of the genus Crotophaga)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. nome comum a várias aves da família dos Cuculídeos 2. o mesmo que anu-preto
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 anu
- anus plural
- anum alternative
- ani alternative
- anú alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce anu?
- Brazil /aˈnu/
- Portugal /ɐˈnu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to anu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is anu in Portuguese?
anu appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).