fêmur
Portuguese, noun
fêmur is spelled F-Ê-M-U-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,057th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fêmur is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “femur; thighbone” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, fémur is a different word: “European Portuguese standard spelling of fêmur”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “osso de porte e volume relevante que se localiza na coxa dos animais vertebrados”.
What does fêmur mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefemur; thighbone
noun
- 1
masculineEuropean Portuguese standard spelling of fêmur
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. osso de porte e volume relevante que se localiza na coxa dos animais vertebrados
noun: 1. osso da coxa dos vertebrados
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 fêmur
- fémures plural
- fêmures plural
- fémur alternative Portugal
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fêmur
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fêmur in Portuguese?
fêmur 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).