rum
Portuguese, noun/ˈʁũ/
rum is spelled R-U-M (3 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 15,278th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “rum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aguardente obtida da destilação do melaço fermentado”.
What does rum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aguardente obtida da destilação do melaço fermentado 2. porção de rum¹ 3. espécie de rum¹
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 rum
- runs plural
- rhum alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rum?
- Brazil /ˈʁũ/
- Brazil [ˈhũ]
- /ˈʁũ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rum
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rum in Portuguese?
rum appears 3.6 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).