emir
Portuguese, noun/eˈmiʁ/
emir is spelled E-M-I-R (4 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 27,005th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Emir is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “emir (an Islamic prince or leader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano”.
What does emir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineemir (an Islamic prince or leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título que designa, originariamente, o chefe do mundo muçulmano 2. nome igualmente dado aos descendentes do Profeta 3. título de altos dignitários, dos governadores do Império Turco, dos soberanos muçulmanos
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 emir
- emires plural
- amir alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce emir?
- Brazil /eˈmiʁ/
- Brazil [eˈmih]
- /eˈmiɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to emir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is emir in Portuguese?
emir appears 1.4 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).