imã
Portuguese, noun
imã is spelled I-M-Ã (3 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imã is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “imam” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, ímã is a different word: “magnet”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “magneto ou ferro magnético”.
What does imã mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimam
noun
- 1
masculinemagnet
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. óxido de ferro, com imantação natural 2. peça de metal imantada 3. coisa que atrai
noun: 1. magneto ou ferro magnético 2. qualidade daquilo que atrai
noun: 1. sacerdote muçulmano 2. título de alguns chefes, em povos independentes da Arábia
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 imã
- ímãs plural
- íman alternative Portugal
- imãs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to imã
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imã in Portuguese?
imã appears 1.8 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).