iroquês
Portuguese, noun/i.ɾoˈke(j)s/
iroquês is spelled I-R-O-Q-U-Ê-S (7 letters) and appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese, the 236,506th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Iroquês is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “Iroquois (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe of North America)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “língua indígena falada no Canadá”.
What does iroquês mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineIroquois (a person belonging to an Iroquois tribe of North America)
- 2
masculineIroquois (any of the Iroquois languages)
adjective
- 1
of the Iroquois people
- 2
of the Iroquois languages
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. língua indígena falada no Canadá
noun: 1. indivíduo dos iroqueses
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 iroquês
- iroqueses plural
- iroquesa feminine
- iroquesas feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce iroquês?
- Brazil /i.ɾoˈke(j)s/
- Brazil [i.ɾoˈke(ɪ̯)s]
- /i.ɾoˈke(j)ʃ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to iroquês
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is iroquês in Portuguese?
iroquês appears about once in every 74 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).