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quermes

Portuguese, noun/ˈkɛʁ.mis/

quermes is spelled Q-U-E-R-M-E-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 95 million words in written Portuguese, the 264,336th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quermes is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative form of alquermes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does quermes mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinealternative form of alquermes

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

How do you pronounce quermes?

  • Brazil /ˈkɛʁ.mis/
  • Brazil [ˈkɛɦ.mis]
  • /ˈkɛɾ.mis/

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

English words that translate to quermes

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

How common is quermes in Portuguese?

quermes appears about once in every 95 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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