cheik
French, noun/ʃɛk/
cheik is spelled C-H-E-I-K (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 47,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheik is a French masculine noun meaning “sheik” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Chef de tribu chez les bédouins arabes”.
What does cheik mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheik
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Chef de tribu chez les bédouins arabes. 2. Homme respecté en raison de son grand âge ou de ses connaissances.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cheik
- cheiks plural
- cheikh alternative
- chioukh singular
- cheika feminine
- cheikesse feminine
- chaykh
- cheick
- cheque
- cheykh
- chîkh
- scheich
- scheik
- scheikh
- shaykh
- sheikh
- sheykh
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheik?
- /ʃɛk/
- \ʃɛjk\
- \ʃɛk\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cheik
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cheik in French?
cheik appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).