idioma
Portuguese, noun/i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/
idioma is spelled I-D-I-O-M-A (6 letters) and appears 19 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 4,299th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Idioma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “language (form of communication using words and structured with grammar)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um…”.
What does idioma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelanguage (form of communication using words and structured with grammar)
O idioma português.
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. linguagem falada e/ou escrita de uma população qualquer, com estrutura e regras próprias que lhe dão um caráter peculiar e diferenciado das outras
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 idioma
- idiomas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce idioma?
- Brazil /i.d͡ʒiˈõ.mɐ/
- Brazil /iˈd͡ʒjõ.mɐ/
- Portugal /iˈdjo.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to idioma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is idioma in Portuguese?
idioma appears 19 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).