leque
Portuguese, noun/ˈlɛ.ki/
leque is spelled L-E-Q-U-E (5 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 14,792nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Leque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “fan (hand-held device)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “ventarola que se abre e se fecha pela sobreposição das suas varetas”.
What does leque mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefan (hand-held device)
- 2
masculinefan (anything resembling a hand-held fan in shape, e.g., a peacock’s tail)
- 3
masculinearray, variety, range
- 4
masculinescallop
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ventarola que se abre e se fecha pela sobreposição das suas varetas 2. abanos 3. quantidade, série, variedade
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 leque
- leques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce leque?
- Brazil /ˈlɛ.ki/
- Portugal /ˈlɛ.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to leque
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is leque in Portuguese?
leque appears 3.8 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).