nissei
Portuguese, noun
nissei is spelled N-I-S-S-E-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese, the 125,896th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nissei is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “alternative spelling of nisei” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “filho de imigrantes japoneses”.
What does nissei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative spelling of nisei
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. filho de imigrantes japoneses
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 nissei
- nisseis plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nissei in Portuguese?
nissei appears about once in every 18 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).