lâmia
Portuguese, noun/ˈlɐ̃.mjɐ/
lâmia is spelled L-Â-M-I-A (5 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 148,558th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Lâmia is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “lamia (monster with the body of a woman and the body of a serpent below the waist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “monstro com cabeça e tronco de mulher e cauda de serpente ou dragão”.
What does lâmia mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininelamia (monster with the body of a woman and the body of a serpent below the waist)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. monstro com cabeça e tronco de mulher e cauda de serpente ou dragão
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 lâmia
- lâmias plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce lâmia?
- Brazil /ˈlɐ̃.mjɐ/
- Portugal /ˈlɐ.mjɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to lâmia
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is lâmia in Portuguese?
lâmia appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).