tuim
Portuguese, noun/tuˈĩ/
tuim is spelled T-U-I-M (4 letters) and appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese, the 104,744th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tuim is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “any parrotlet of the genus Forpus” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pássaro pertencente a mesma família do periquito”.
What does tuim mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineany parrotlet of the genus Forpus
- 2
masculinecobalt-rumped parrotlet (Forpus xanthopterygius)
- 3
masculinegreen-rumped parrotlet (Forpus passerinus)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. pássaro pertencente a mesma família do periquito
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 tuim
- tuins plural
- toy alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce tuim?
- Brazil /tuˈĩ/
- Brazil /ˈtwĩ/
- Portugal /ˈtwĩ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is tuim in Portuguese?
tuim appears about once in every 12 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).