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nômade

Portuguese, noun

nômade is spelled N-Ô-M-A-D-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 35,921st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nômade is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of nómade” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, nómade is a different word: “nomad (a member of a group of people who move around seasonally)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não mantém residência fixa; se muda regularmente de moradia”.

What does nômade mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of nómade

adjective

  1. 1

    femininemasculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of nómade

noun

as nómade
  1. 1

    femininemasculinenomad (a member of a group of people who move around seasonally)

adjective

as nómade
  1. 1

    femininemasculinenomadic (leading a wandering life with no fixed abode)

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. diz-se de pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não tem residência fixa; mora em estruturas portáteis, como tendas ou trailers e se muda regularmente

noun: 1. pessoa ou grupo de pessoas que não mantém residência fixa; se muda regularmente de moradia

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 nômade

  • nómades plural
  • nômade alternative Brazil
  • nómada alternative Portugal
  • nômada alternative Brazil
  • nômades plural

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

English words that translate to nômade

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is nômade in Portuguese?

nômade appears about once in every 1 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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