requiem
Portuguese, noun
requiem is spelled R-E-Q-U-I-E-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese, the 62,709th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Requiem is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of réquiem” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, réquiem is a different word: “requiem (mass to honour and remember a dead person)”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “réquiem”.
What does requiem mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of réquiem
noun
- 1
masculinerequiem (mass to honour and remember a dead person)
- 2
masculinerequiem (music composed to honour a dead person)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. missa especial por intenção da alma de um morto 2. música para essa missa
noun: 1. réquiem
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 requiem
- requiens plural
- réquiens plural
- requiem alternative
- réquia alternative
- réquie alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to requiem
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is requiem in Portuguese?
requiem appears about once in every 4 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).