curcuma
Portuguese, noun
curcuma is spelled C-U-R-C-U-M-A (7 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese, the 80,231st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Curcuma is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “turmeric (plant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, cúrcuma is a different word: “alternative form of curcuma (“tumeric”)”.
What does curcuma mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineturmeric (plant)
- 2
feminineturmeric (spice)
noun
- 1
femininealternative form of curcuma (“tumeric”)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of curcuma
- curcumas plural
- cúrcuma alternative Brazil
- cúrcumas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to curcuma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is curcuma in Portuguese?
curcuma appears about once in every 6 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).