nadir
Portuguese, noun/naˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
nadir is spelled N-A-D-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 47,790th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nadir is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ponto mais baixo da esfera celeste, exatamente abaixo do local em que se encontra o observador, e exatamente…”.
What does nadir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinenadir (point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where the observer stands)
- 2
masculinenadir (the lowest point)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ponto mais baixo da esfera celeste, exatamente abaixo do local em que se encontra o observador, e exatamente oposto ao zênite
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 nadir
- nadires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nadir?
- Brazil /naˈd͡ʒi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [naˈd͡ʒi(h)]
- /naˈd͡ʒi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nadir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nadir in Portuguese?
nadir appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).