jaleco
Portuguese, noun/ʒaˈlɛ.ku/
jaleco is spelled J-A-L-E-C-O (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,952nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jaleco is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “coat of typical white colour worn by scientists, medics, professors, teachers and other professionals” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “vestimenta usada como uniforme por médicos, dentistas, técnicos de laboratório, farmacêuticos e outros…”.
What does jaleco mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecoat of typical white colour worn by scientists, medics, professors, teachers and other professionals
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vestimenta usada como uniforme por médicos, dentistas, técnicos de laboratório, farmacêuticos e outros profissionais de saúde; túnica, casacão ou paletó de abotoar, em geral de cor branca, com gola, bolsos na altura da cintura; há modelos longos, com bainha um pouco acima dos joelhos, e modelos curtos, com bainha na cintura 2. colete
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 jaleco
- jalecos plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jaleco?
- Brazil /ʒaˈlɛ.ku/
- Portugal /ʒɐˈlɛ.ku/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jaleco in Portuguese?
jaleco appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).