esquimó
Portuguese, noun/is.kiˈmɔ/
esquimó is spelled E-S-Q-U-I-M-Ó (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 55,453rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Esquimó is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Eskimo (individual)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “indivíduo dos esquimós, povo das regiões frias do Ártico”.
What does esquimó mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineproscribedEskimo (individual)
noun
- 1
masculineproscribedEskimo (any of several languages)
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineproscribedEskimo
noun
- 1
BrazilmasculineEskimo pie
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo aos esquimós ou à sua língua
noun: 1. indivíduo dos esquimós, povo das regiões frias do Ártico 2. língua falada por esse povo
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 esquimó
- esquimós plural
- Esquimau alternative obsolete
- esquimau alternative obsolete
- eskimó alternative
- skimó alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce esquimó?
- Brazil /is.kiˈmɔ/
- Brazil /es.kiˈmɔ/
- /iʃ.kiˈmɔ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is esquimó in Portuguese?
esquimó appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).