miasma
Portuguese, noun/miˈaz.mɐ/
miasma is spelled M-I-A-S-M-A (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese, the 115,974th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Miasma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “miasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “emanação mefítica originada de matérias pútridas, sendo a causa suposta de várias doenças endêmicas”.
What does miasma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemiasma (noxious atmosphere or influence)
- 2
masculinemiasma (noxious emanation from swamps that was thought to cause diseases)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. emanação mefítica originada de matérias pútridas, sendo a causa suposta de várias doenças endêmicas 2. influência nociva ou deletéria; corrupção 3. pestilência 4. mal-estar; incômodo
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 miasma
- miasmas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce miasma?
- Brazil /miˈaz.mɐ/
- Brazil /ˈmjaz.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈmjaʒ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to miasma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is miasma in Portuguese?
miasma appears about once in every 15 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).