imame
Portuguese, noun/iˈmɐ̃.mi/
imame is spelled I-M-A-M-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Imame is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “imam (Muslim leader)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sacerdote muçulmano para o sunismo e líder espiritual absolutos e infalíveis para o xiismo”.
What does imame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineimam (Muslim leader)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sacerdote muçulmano para o sunismo e líder espiritual absolutos e infalíveis para o xiismo
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 imame
- imames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce imame?
- Brazil /iˈmɐ̃.mi/
- Portugal /iˈmɐ.mɨ/
- Portugal /iˈma.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to imame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is imame in Portuguese?
imame appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).