sami
Portuguese, noun
sami is spelled S-A-M-I (4 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sami is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Saami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, sâmi is a different word: “alternative spelling of sami”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que saami”.
What does sami mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineSaami; Lapp (member of nomadic people of Lapland)
adjective
- 1
of the Saami people
noun
- 1
femininemasculinealternative spelling of sami
adjective
- 1
alternative spelling of sami
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que saami
noun: 1. o mesmo que saami
adjective: 1. relativo ao povo sámi, que habita partes da Finlândia, da Noruega, da Suécia e da Rússia 2. relativo às línguas sámi(s)
noun: 1. povo que habita partes da Noruega, Finlândia, Suécia e Rússia 2. indivíduo desse povo 3. nome genérico para o grupo de línguas urálicas faladas por esse povo
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 sami
- sâmi alternative
- saami alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to sami
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sami in Portuguese?
sami appears 1.5 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).