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paquiderme

Portuguese, noun/pa.kiˈdɛʁ.mi/

paquiderme is spelled P-A-Q-U-I-D-E-R-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 19 million words in written Portuguese, the 129,832nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paquiderme is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “pachyderm” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “espécime dos paquidermes”.

What does paquiderme mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininemasculinepachyderm

  2. 2

    derogatoryfemininemasculinerustic and/or ignorant person

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

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. que tem pele grossa

noun: 1. espécime dos paquidermes

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 paquiderme

  • paquidermes plural

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

How do you pronounce paquiderme?

  • Brazil /pa.kiˈdɛʁ.mi/
  • Brazil [pa.kiˈdɛɦ.mi]
  • /pa.kiˈdɛɾ.mi/

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

English words that translate to paquiderme

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

How common is paquiderme in Portuguese?

paquiderme appears about once in every 19 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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