prenome
Portuguese, noun/pɾeˈnõ.mi/
prenome is spelled P-R-E-N-O-M-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese, the 57,809th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prenome is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “first name (name chosen for a child by his parents)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o primeiro nome de uma pessoa; nome que antecede o sobrenome”.
What does prenome mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefirst name (name chosen for a child by his parents)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. o primeiro nome de uma pessoa; nome que antecede o sobrenome
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 prenome
- prenomes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prenome?
- Brazil /pɾeˈnõ.mi/
- Portugal /pɾɨˈno.mɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prenome
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prenome in Portuguese?
prenome appears about once in every 3 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).