muçum
Portuguese, noun/muˈsũ/
muçum is spelled M-U-Ç-U-M (5 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muçum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “marbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “peixe teleósteo sinbranquiforme, da família dos sinbranquídeos (Synbranchus marmoratus), encontrado em rios…”.
What does muçum mean in English?
noun
- 1
Brazilmasculinemarbled swamp eel (Synbranchus marmoratus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. peixe teleósteo sinbranquiforme, da família dos sinbranquídeos (Synbranchus marmoratus), encontrado em rios, lagos e açudes; é desprovido de escamas, nadadeiras pares e bexiga natatória
noun: 1. município brasileiro do estado do Rio Grande do Sul
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 muçum
- muçuns plural
- muçu alternative
- mussum alternative proscribed
- mussu alternative proscribed
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce muçum?
- Brazil /muˈsũ/
- Portugal /muˈsũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is muçum in Portuguese?
muçum appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).