debrum
Portuguese, noun/deˈbɾũ/
debrum is spelled D-E-B-R-U-M (6 letters) and appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese, the 166,096th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Debrum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “edging, binding, hem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “fita, tira de pano que se cose dobrada sobre a orla de um tecido de modo a formar uma guarnição em relevo, ou…”.
What does debrum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineedging, binding, hem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. fita, tira de pano que se cose dobrada sobre a orla de um tecido de modo a formar uma guarnição em relevo, ou a prender a trama
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 debrum
- debruns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce debrum?
- Brazil /deˈbɾũ/
- Portugal /dɨˈbɾũ/
- Portugal [dɨˈβɾũ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is debrum in Portuguese?
debrum appears about once in every 33 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).