jeque
Portuguese, noun/ˈʒe.ki/
jeque is spelled J-E-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Jeque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “tender boat (a small boat which transfers passengers from dock to an anchored vessel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “dispositivo que ajusta jogo de pedaço de metal no formato de trilho que movendo-se numa bifurcação férrea faz…”.
What does jeque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetender boat (a small boat which transfers passengers from dock to an anchored vessel)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dispositivo que ajusta jogo de pedaço de metal no formato de trilho que movendo-se numa bifurcação férrea faz desviar o sentido das rodas de trem a um caminho de ferro
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 jeque
- jeques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce jeque?
- Brazil /ˈʒe.ki/
- Portugal /ˈʒe.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is jeque in Portuguese?
jeque appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).