proêmio
Portuguese, noun
proêmio is spelled P-R-O-Ê-M-I-O (7 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese, the 218,398th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Proêmio is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Brazilian Portuguese standard spelling of proémio” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, proémio is a different word: “introduction, preface”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vide proémio”.
What does proêmio mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineBrazilian Portuguese standard spelling of proémio
noun
- 1
masculineintroduction, preface
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. introdução 2. prefácio 3. exórdio 4. princípio
noun: 1. vide proémio
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 proêmio
- proémios plural
- proêmio alternative Brazil
- proêmios plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is proêmio in Portuguese?
proêmio appears about once in every 62 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).