cheikh
French, noun/ʃɛk/
cheikh is spelled C-H-E-I-K-H (6 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written French, the 12,326th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cheikh is a French masculine noun meaning “sheikh” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Variante de cheik”.
What does cheikh mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesheikh
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Variante de cheik.
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 cheikh
- cheikhs plural
- chioukh singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cheikh?
- /ʃɛk/
- \ʃɛk\
- \ʃɛ(j)x\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is cheikh in French?
cheikh appears 4.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).