legume
Portuguese, noun/leˈɡũ.mi/
legume is spelled L-E-G-U-M-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 44,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Legume is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “legume (fruits of leguminous plants)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que vagem (fruto)”.
What does legume mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelegume (fruits of leguminous plants)
- 2
masculineany vegetable
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o mesmo que vagem (fruto) 2. de uma maneira geral o mesmo que hortaliça 3. a semente das vagens
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 legume
- legumes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce legume?
- Brazil /leˈɡũ.mi/
- Portugal /lɨˈɡu.mɨ/
- Portugal [lɨˈɣu.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 legume
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is legume in Portuguese?
legume appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).