inane
Portuguese, adjective/iˈnɐ̃.ni/
inane is spelled I-N-A-N-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese, the 205,610th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inane is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “inane (lacking sense or meaning)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does inane mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineinane (lacking sense or meaning)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of inane
- inanes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inane?
- Brazil /iˈnɐ̃.ni/
- Portugal /iˈnɐ.nɨ/
- Portugal /iˈna.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 inane
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inane in Portuguese?
inane appears about once in every 54 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).