microfilme
Portuguese, noun/ˌmi.kɾoˈfiw.mi/
microfilme is spelled M-I-C-R-O-F-I-L-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 73,054th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Microfilme is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “microfilm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of microfilmar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “reprodução diminuta de textos, documentos etc. por meio do processo de microfilmagem”.
What does microfilme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemicrofilm
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 2
third-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. reprodução diminuta de textos, documentos etc. por meio do processo de microfilmagem 2. filme cinematográfico em que se reproduzem documentos microfilmados
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 microfilme
- microfilmes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce microfilme?
- Brazil /ˌmi.kɾoˈfiw.mi/
- Brazil [ˌmi.kɾoˈfiʊ̯.mi]
- Portugal /mi.kɾɔˈfil.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is microfilme in Portuguese?
microfilme appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).