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banshee

Portuguese, noun

banshee is spelled B-A-N-S-H-E-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Banshee is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “banshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does banshee mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininebanshee (a female spirit who warns of impending death)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of banshee

  • banshees plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to banshee

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is banshee in Portuguese?

banshee appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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