tapir
Portuguese, noun/taˈpi(ʁ)/
tapir is spelled T-A-P-I-R (5 letters) and appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese, the 161,170th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tapir is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tapir” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “mamífero da família dos tapirídeos”.
What does tapir mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetapir
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mamífero da família dos tapirídeos
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 tapir
- tapires plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tapir?
- Brazil /taˈpi(ʁ)/
- Brazil [taˈpi(h)]
- /taˈpi(ɾ)/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to tapir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tapir in Portuguese?
tapir appears about once in every 31 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).