haiku
Portuguese, noun/ʁajˈku/
haiku is spelled H-A-I-K-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 68,701st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Haiku is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “haiku (type of poem in Japanese poetry, consisting of three verses, with 5, 7 and 5 morae respectively; by extension, a similar poem in any…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “variação de haicai/haikai”.
What does haiku mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehaiku (type of poem in Japanese poetry, consisting of three verses, with 5, 7 and 5 morae respectively; by extension, a similar poem in any language)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. variação de haicai/haikai
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 haiku
- haikus plural
- haicu alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce haiku?
- Brazil /ʁajˈku/
- Brazil [haɪ̯ˈku]
- Brazil /ajˈku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to haiku
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is haiku in Portuguese?
haiku appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).