tupis
Portuguese, noun
tupis is spelled T-U-P-I-S (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 45,753rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tupis is a Portuguese noun meaning “plural of tupi” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, tupís is a different word: “plural of tupí”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “grupos ameríndios cujas línguas pertencem ao tronco tupi”.
What does tupis mean in English?
noun
- 1
plural of tupi
noun
- 1
plural of tupí
adjective
- 1
plural of tupí
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. grupos ameríndios cujas línguas pertencem ao tronco tupi
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.
How common is tupis in Portuguese?
tupis appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).