teremim
Portuguese, noun/te.ɾeˈmĩ/
teremim is spelled T-E-R-E-M-I-M (7 letters) and appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese, the 150,070th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Teremim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “theremin (an electronic musical instrument)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “instrumento musical eletrônico inventado em 1919 pelo russo Lev Sergeivitch Termen; para tocá-lo não é…”.
What does teremim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetheremin (an electronic musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. instrumento musical eletrônico inventado em 1919 pelo russo Lev Sergeivitch Termen; para tocá-lo não é necessário nenhum contato físico
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 teremim
- teremins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce teremim?
- Brazil /te.ɾeˈmĩ/
- Portugal /tɨ.ɾɨˈmĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to teremim
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is teremim in Portuguese?
teremim appears about once in every 26 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).