jenipapeiro
Portuguese, noun/ʒe.ni.paˈpe(j).ɾu/
jenipapeiro is spelled J-E-N-I-P-A-P-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese, the 227,016th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jenipapeiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Genipa americana, a tree native to the American continent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “árvore da família das rubiáceas encontrada na região setentrional da América Central e do Sul; Genipa…”.
What does jenipapeiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineGenipa americana, a tree native to the American continent
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. árvore da família das rubiáceas encontrada na região setentrional da América Central e do Sul; Genipa americana
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 jenipapeiro
- jenipapeiros plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jenipapeiro?
- Brazil /ʒe.ni.paˈpe(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [ʒe.ni.paˈpe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /ʒɨ.ni.pɐˈpɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jenipapeiro in Portuguese?
jenipapeiro appears about once in every 68 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).