ilhéu
Portuguese, noun/iˈʎɛw/
ilhéu is spelled I-L-H-É-U (5 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Portuguese, the 70,861st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ilhéu is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “islet (small island)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “pequena ilha; ilheta, ilhota”.
What does ilhéu mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineislet (small island)
noun
- 1
masculineislander (person who lives on an island)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. relativo a ilha
noun: 1. pequena ilha; ilheta, ilhota 2. aquele que é natural ou habitante de uma ilha 3. rochedo no meio do mar
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 ilhéu
- ilhéus plural
- ilheo alternative obsolete
- ilhoa feminine
- ilhoas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ilhéu?
- Brazil /iˈʎɛw/
- Brazil [iˈʎɛʊ̯]
- Portugal /iˈʎɛw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ilhéu
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ilhéu in Portuguese?
ilhéu 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).