dormideira
Portuguese, noun/doʁ.miˈde(j).ɾɐ/
dormideira is spelled D-O-R-M-I-D-E-I-R-A (10 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese, the 209,413th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dormideira is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “somnolence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta com grandes flores de quatro pétalas, que contêm ópio, papoula da espécie Papaver somniferum”.
What does dormideira mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesomnolence
- 2
feminineopium poppy (Papaver somniferum)
- 3
femininesensitive plant (Mimosa pudica)
- 4
Brazilfemininesnail-eater (snake of the genus Dipsas)
- 5
Brazilfeminineinformalcachaça
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta com grandes flores de quatro pétalas, que contêm ópio, papoula da espécie Papaver somniferum
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 dormideira
- dormideiras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dormideira?
- Brazil /doʁ.miˈde(j).ɾɐ/
- Brazil [doɦ.miˈde(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- /doɾ.miˈde(j).ɾɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dormideira in Portuguese?
dormideira appears about once in every 56 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).