mulher
Portuguese, noun/muˈʎɛʁ/
mulher is spelled M-U-L-H-E-R (6 letters) and appears 468 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 201st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Mulher is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “woman (adult female human)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa do sexo ou gênero feminino, geralmente, mas não exclusivamente, adulta”.
What does mulher mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewoman (adult female human)
Aquela mulher lê livros.
- 2
femininewife; woman (noun sense 4)
Minha mulher não está aqui.
adjective
- 1
derogatoryfemininemasculinepansy; wimpy; effeminate
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pessoa do sexo ou gênero feminino, geralmente, mas não exclusivamente, adulta 2. fêmea da espécie humana 3. aquela que atingiu a puberdade, moça 4. cônjuge do sexo feminino; esposa
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 mulher
- mulheres plural
- muié alternative pronunciation-spelling
- mulé alternative pronunciation-spelling
- molher alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce mulher?
- Brazil /muˈʎɛʁ/
- Brazil [muˈʎɛh]
- /muˈʎɛɾ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to mulher
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is mulher in Portuguese?
mulher appears 468 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).