dum
Portuguese, contraction/ˈd‿ũ/
dum is spelled D-U-M (3 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 6,851st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dum is a Portuguese contraction meaning “contraction of de + um, literally “of/from a (masculine)”” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração da preposição de com o artigo indefinido um”.
What does dum mean in English?
contraction
- 1
contraction of de + um, literally “of/from a (masculine)”
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração da preposição de com o artigo indefinido um
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 dum
- duma feminine
- duns masculine plural
- dumas feminine plural
- d'um alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dum?
- Brazil /ˈd‿ũ/
- Portugal /ˈd‿ũ/
- Portugal /dũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dum in Portuguese?
dum appears 11 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).