ânus
Portuguese, noun
ânus is spelled Â-N-U-S (4 letters) and appears 2.3 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 20,222nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ânus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “anus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, anus is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal)…”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “orifício na extremidade final do intestino grosso, por onde são expelidos os excrementos”.
What does ânus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineanus
noun
- 1
masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of ânus
- 2
masculineprescribed spelling of ânus under the Orthographic Agreement of 1931, which was not effectively implemented
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. orifício na extremidade final do intestino grosso, por onde são expelidos os excrementos
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 ânus
- anus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to ânus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ânus in Portuguese?
ânus appears 2.3 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).