paramento
Portuguese, noun/pa.ɾaˈmẽ.tu/
paramento is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “ornament, adornment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first-person singular present indicative of paramentar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “veste litúrgica”.
What does paramento mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineornament, adornment
- 2
masculinevestment
- 3
masculineliturgical paraphernalia or ornaments
- 4
masculinefacing, wall
verb
- 1
first-person singular present indicative of paramentar
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. veste litúrgica 2. cada uma das superfícies de um elemento construtivo vertical, como paredes ou muros
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 paramento
- paramentos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce paramento?
- Brazil /pa.ɾaˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐˈmẽ.tu/
- Portugal /pɐ.ɾɐ.ˈmẽ.tu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is paramento in Portuguese?
paramento appears about once in every 29 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).