uni-
Portuguese, prefix
uni- is spelled U-N-I (3 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,997th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Uni- is a Portuguese prefix meaning “uni- (one)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, uni is a different word: “first-person singular preterite indicative”. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “elemento prefixal que indica a ideia de único, um só”.
What does uni- mean in English?
prefix
- 1
uni- (one)
verb
- 1
first-person singular preterite indicative
- 2
second-person plural imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
prefix: 1. elemento prefixal que indica a ideia de único, um só
prefix: 1. elemento que indica universidade ou instituição de ensino superior
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 uni- in Portuguese?
uni- appears 2.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).