jamelão
Portuguese, noun/ʒa.meˈlɐ̃w̃/
jamelão is spelled J-A-M-E-L-Ã-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese, the 88,935th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jamelão is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fruit of the plant Syzygium cumini; jambul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “planta pertencente à família Mirtaceae (Syzygium cumini); produz frutos do tipo baga (extremamente parecidos…”.
What does jamelão mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefruit of the plant Syzygium cumini; jambul
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. planta pertencente à família Mirtaceae (Syzygium cumini); produz frutos do tipo baga (extremamente parecidos com as azeitonas)
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 jamelão
- jamelões plural
- jambolão alternative
- joão-bolão alternative
- jalão alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jamelão?
- Brazil /ʒa.meˈlɐ̃w̃/
- Brazil [ʒa.meˈlɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
- Portugal /ʒɐ.mɨˈlɐ̃w̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jamelão in Portuguese?
jamelão appears about once in every 8 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).