caiaque
Portuguese, noun/kajˈa.ki/
caiaque is spelled C-A-I-A-Q-U-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese, the 41,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caiaque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “kayak (a type of small boat)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “barco a remo de origem esquimó para apenas uma pessoa, kayak”.
What does caiaque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinekayak (a type of small boat)
Coordinate term: canoa
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. barco a remo de origem esquimó para apenas uma pessoa, kayak. 2. caíque.
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caiaque
- caiaques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caiaque?
- Brazil /kajˈa.ki/
- Brazil [kaɪ̯ˈa.ki]
- Portugal /kajˈa.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caiaque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caiaque in Portuguese?
caiaque appears about once in every 2 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).