hamamélis
Portuguese, noun/a.maˈmɛ.lis/
hamamélis is spelled H-A-M-A-M-É-L-I-S (9 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese, the 185,713th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hamamélis is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “synonym of hamamélide” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore de folha caduca da família Hamamelidaceae que pode atingir cinco metros de altura; suas folhas, ovais…”.
What does hamamélis mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesynonym of hamamélide
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore de folha caduca da família Hamamelidaceae que pode atingir cinco metros de altura; suas folhas, ovais e denteadas, são inodoras mas de gosto amargo
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.
How do you pronounce hamamélis?
- Brazil /a.maˈmɛ.lis/
- /a.maˈmɛ.liʃ/
- Portugal /ɐ.mɐˈmɛ.liʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hamamélis in Portuguese?
hamamélis appears about once in every 43 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).