lambda
Portuguese, noun/ˈlɐ̃.bi.dɐ/
lambda is spelled L-A-M-B-D-A (6 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 23,930th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lambda is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “lambda (name of the Greek letter Λ, λ)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “undécima letra do alfabeto grego (Λ, λ)”.
What does lambda mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelambda (name of the Greek letter Λ, λ)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. undécima letra do alfabeto grego (Λ, λ)
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 lambda
- lambdas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lambda?
- Brazil /ˈlɐ̃.bi.dɐ/
- Brazil /ˈlɐ̃b.dɐ/
- Portugal /ˈlɐ̃b.dɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lambda
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lambda in Portuguese?
lambda appears 1.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).