dumas
Portuguese, contraction/ˈdũ.mɐs/
dumas is spelled D-U-M-A-S (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 32,500th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dumas is a Portuguese feminine contraction meaning “contraction of de + umas, literally “of/from some (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of dum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “contração de de + umas”.
What does dumas mean in English?
contraction
- 1
femininecontraction of de + umas, literally “of/from some (feminine plural)”: feminine plural of dum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
contraction: 1. contração de de + umas
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 dumas
- d'umas alternative dated
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dumas?
- Brazil /ˈdũ.mɐs/
- /ˈdũ.mɐʃ/
- Portugal /ˈdu.mɐʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dumas in Portuguese?
dumas appears 1.0 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).