inhame
Portuguese, noun/(i)ˈɲɐ̃.mi/
inhame is spelled I-N-H-A-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Inhame is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “yam (edible root of Dioscorea vine)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta da família das aráceas e das dioscoriáceas, cujo tubérculo é usado na alimentação”.
What does inhame mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineyam (edible root of Dioscorea vine)
- 2
masculinebigfooted
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta da família das aráceas e das dioscoriáceas, cujo tubérculo é usado na alimentação
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 inhame
- inhames plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce inhame?
- Brazil /(i)ˈɲɐ̃.mi/
- Brazil [(i)ˈj̃ɐ̃.mi]
- Portugal /iˈɲɐ.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 inhame
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is inhame in Portuguese?
inhame appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).