dreadlock
Portuguese, noun/ˌdɾɛ.d͡ʒiˈlɔ.ki/
dreadlock is spelled D-R-E-A-D-L-O-C-K (9 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese, the 174,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreadlock is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “dreadlocks (hair grown or styled into long matted strings)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does dreadlock mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedreadlocks (hair grown or styled into long matted strings)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of dreadlock
- dreadlocks plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dreadlock?
- Brazil /ˌdɾɛ.d͡ʒiˈlɔ.ki/
- Brazil /ˌdɾɛd͡ʒˈlɔk/
- Portugal /ˌdɾɛˈdlɔk/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to dreadlock
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is dreadlock in Portuguese?
dreadlock appears about once in every 37 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).