corrimão
Portuguese, noun/ko.ʁiˈmɐ̃w̃/
corrimão is spelled C-O-R-R-I-M-Ã-O (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corrimão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “handrail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “balaustrada, geralmente de metal ou de madeira, que ladeia escadas, rampas ou passarelas, utilizada como…”.
What does corrimão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehandrail
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. balaustrada, geralmente de metal ou de madeira, que ladeia escadas, rampas ou passarelas, utilizada como apoio para as mãos ou para segurar; mainel 2. barrote, que, nas embarcações, sustenta os balaústres e serve de encosto ou parapeito 3. correcão, palangre
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 corrimão
- corrimãos plural
- corrimões plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corrimão?
- Brazil /ko.ʁiˈmɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ko.hiˈmɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- /ko.ʁiˈmɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corrimão
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corrimão in Portuguese?
corrimão 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).