elementar
Portuguese, adjective/e.le.mẽˈtaʁ/
elementar is spelled E-L-E-M-E-N-T-A-R (9 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Elementar is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “elementary (relating to the basic part of something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “básico, simples, rudimentar”.
What does elementar mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineelementary (relating to the basic part of something)
- 2
femininemasculinesimple (easy to understand)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. básico, simples, rudimentar
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 elementar
- elementares plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce elementar?
- Brazil /e.le.mẽˈtaʁ/
- Brazil [e.le.mẽˈtah]
- /e.le.mẽˈtaɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to elementar
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is elementar in Portuguese?
elementar appears 3.6 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).