manicure
Portuguese, noun/ma.niˈku.ɾi/
manicure is spelled M-A-N-I-C-U-R-E (8 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 22,561st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Manicure is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “manicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos”.
What does manicure mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemanicure (cosmetic treatment for the fingernails)
noun
- 1
femininemasculinemanicurist (person who performs manicures)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. profissional que cuida da saúde e do embelezamento das unhas das mãos
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 manicure
- manicures plural
- manicura alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce manicure?
- Brazil /ma.niˈku.ɾi/
- Portugal /mɐ.niˈku.ɾɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to manicure
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is manicure in Portuguese?
manicure appears 1.9 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).