vademecum
Portuguese, noun/ˌva.d͡ʒiˈmɛ.kũ/
vademecum is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “alternative spelling of vade-mécum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does vademecum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinealternative spelling of vade-mécum
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of vademecum
- vademecuns plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vademecum?
- Brazil /ˌva.d͡ʒiˈmɛ.kũ/
- Portugal /ˌva.dɛˈmɛ.kũ/
- Portugal [ˌva.ðɛˈmɛ.kũ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is vademecum in Portuguese?
vademecum appears about once in every 50 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).