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iene

Portuguese, noun/ˈjẽ.ni/

iene is spelled I-E-N-E (4 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 58,415th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iene is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “yen (unit of Japanese currency)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “unidade monetária do Japão”.

What does iene mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineyen (unit of Japanese currency)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. unidade monetária do Japão

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 iene

  • ienes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce iene?

  • Brazil /ˈjẽ.ni/
  • Portugal /ˈjɛ.nɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to iene

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is iene in Portuguese?

iene 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).

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