negus
Portuguese, noun/ˈnɛ.ɡus/
negus is spelled N-E-G-U-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese, the 167,801st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Negus is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Negus (supreme Ethiopian ruler)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “título real das línguas semíticas etiópicas”.
What does negus mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineNegus (supreme Ethiopian ruler)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. título real das línguas semíticas etiópicas
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 negus
- neguses plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce negus?
- Brazil /ˈnɛ.ɡus/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to negus
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is negus in Portuguese?
negus appears about once in every 34 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).