tamis
Portuguese, noun/taˈmis/
tamis is spelled T-A-M-I-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese, the 132,552nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tamis is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “silk sieve” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does tamis mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesilk sieve
- 2
masculineEnglish wool fabric
- 3
masculinefilter
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of tamis
- tamises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tamis?
- Brazil /taˈmis/
- /taˈmiʃ/
- Portugal /tɐˈmiʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tamis in Portuguese?
tamis appears about once in every 20 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).