jerife
Spanish, noun/xeˈɾife/
jerife is spelled J-E-R-I-F-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish, the 241,869th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jerife is a Spanish masculine noun meaning “sharif” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Título de los descendientes de Mahoma y de su hija Fátima”.
What does jerife mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesharif
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Título de los descendientes de Mahoma y de su hija Fátima. 2. Miembro de la casa real de Marruecos.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of jerife
- jerifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jerife?
- /xeˈɾife/
- [xeˈɾi.fe]
- [xeˈɾife]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jerife
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jerife in Spanish?
jerife appears about once in every 47 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).