menagem
Portuguese, noun/meˈna.ʒẽj̃/
menagem is spelled M-E-N-A-G-E-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 66,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Menagem is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “dated form of homenagem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “prisão em liberdade, ou sob a palavra do preso”.
What does menagem mean in English?
noun
- 1
datedfemininedated form of homenagem
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. prisão em liberdade, ou sob a palavra do preso
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 menagem
- menagens plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce menagem?
- Brazil /meˈna.ʒẽj̃/
- Brazil [meˈna.ʒẽɪ̯̃]
- Portugal /mɨˈna.ʒɐ̃j̃/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is menagem in Portuguese?
menagem appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).