prisma
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾiz.mɐ/
prisma is spelled P-R-I-S-M-A (6 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prisma is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “prism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “sólido com bases paralelas poligonais e paralelogramos como faces laterais”.
What does prisma mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprism (polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)
- 2
masculineperspective (a point of view used in an analysis)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. sólido com bases paralelas poligonais e paralelogramos como faces laterais 2. sólido com base triangular, de vidro ou cristal, que tem a propriedade de decompor por refração a luz branca em todo o seu espectro de cores 3. modo particular de ver ou considerar alguma coisa; ponto de vista
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 prisma
- prismas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prisma?
- Brazil /ˈpɾiz.mɐ/
- /ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/
- Portugal /ˈpɾiʒ.mɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prisma
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prisma in Portuguese?
prisma appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).