Erasmus
Portuguese, noun/eˈɾaz.mus/
Erasmus is spelled E-R-A-S-M-U-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 37,683rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Erasmus is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Erasmus (an exchange student taking part in an Erasmus Programme)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does Erasmus mean in English?
noun
- 1
PortugalfemininemasculineErasmus (an exchange student taking part in an Erasmus Programme)
noun
- 1
masculineellipsis of Programa Erasmus, a student exchange programme established in 1987.
- 2
Portugalmasculinea period of study on the Erasmus programme
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of Erasmus
- erasmus alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Erasmus?
- Brazil /eˈɾaz.mus/
- /eˈɾaʒ.muʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Erasmus in Portuguese?
Erasmus appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).