ululante
Portuguese, adjective/u.luˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
ululante is spelled U-L-U-L-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ululante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “obvious, evident, manifest, clear” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “que emite (cão, lobo ou outro animal) som estridente e lamuriante”.
What does ululante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculineobvious, evident, manifest, clear
- 2
femininemasculinehowling (making a howling sound)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. que emite (cão, lobo ou outro animal) som estridente e lamuriante 2. que emite som similar ao de um uivo 3. que solta gritos, berros, ululações 4. que emite berros por dor ou sofrimento
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 ululante
- ululantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ululante?
- Brazil /u.luˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /u.luˈlɐ̃.tɨ/
- Brazil /u.luˈlɐ̃.te/ (Região Sul)
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ululante in Portuguese?
ululante appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).