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nenúfar

Portuguese, noun/neˈnu.fɐʁ/

nenúfar is spelled N-E-N-Ú-F-A-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nenúfar is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “nenuphar; water lily” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que ninfeia”.

What does nenúfar mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinenenuphar; water lily

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. o mesmo que ninfeia

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 nenúfar

  • nenúfares plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce nenúfar?

  • Brazil /neˈnu.fɐʁ/
  • Brazil [neˈnu.fɐh]
  • /neˈnu.fɐɾ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is nenúfar in Portuguese?

nenúfar appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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