jau
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒaw/
jau is spelled J-A-U (3 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 36,381st most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jau is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “Javanese (person from Java)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “o mesmo que javanês”.
What does jau mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineJavanese (person from Java)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. o mesmo que javanês
noun: 1. o mesmo que javanês 2. o mesmo que javanês 3. antiga medida itinerária da Índia
noun: 1. município do estado de São Paulo, Brasil. 2. rio brasileiro do estado de São Paulo, afluente do rio Tietê.
noun: 1. peixe pimelodídeo (Paulicea lutkeni), um dos maiores de água doce, o qual habita os grandes rios das bacias do Amazonas e do Paraná 2. espécie de rede para peixes pequenos 3. andaime suspenso por cabos, móvel verticalmente, utilizado para pintar ou rebocar paredes
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 jau
- jaus plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jau?
- Brazil /ˈʒaw/
- Brazil [ˈʒaʊ̯]
- Portugal /ˈʒaw/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to jau
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is jau in Portuguese?
jau 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).