alxarife
Portuguese, noun/aw.ʃaˈɾi.fi/
alxarife is spelled A-L-X-A-R-I-F-E (8 letters). Alxarife is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “sheriff (title between Moors and Turks equivalent to sharif, attributed to people descended from Muhammad)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alxarife mean in English?
noun
- 1
archaicmasculinesheriff (title between Moors and Turks equivalent to sharif, attributed to people descended from Muhammad)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alxarife
- alxarifes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alxarife?
- Brazil /aw.ʃaˈɾi.fi/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ʃaˈɾi.fi]
- Portugal /al.ʃɐˈɾi.fɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.