rainha
Portuguese, noun/ʁaˈĩ.ɲɐ/
rainha is spelled R-A-I-N-H-A (6 letters) and appears 79 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,214th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rainha is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “queen (a monarch or the wife of a king)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “consorte do rei, ou a governante de um país de sistema político monárquico”.
What does rainha mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininequeen (a monarch or the wife of a king)
- 2
femininequeen
- 3
femininequeen
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. consorte do rei, ou a governante de um país de sistema político monárquico
noun: 1. peça de xadrez que pode mover horizontal ou verticalmente qualquer número de casas, sendo a peça mais importante daquele jogo 2. nome de cada carta de símbolo "Q" do baralho 3. única fêmea reprodutora em certas espécies de insetos como as abelhas, vespas e cupins 4. alguém com destaque e projeção, influência midiática
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 rainha
- rainhas plural
- rei masculine
- reis masculine plural
- raynha alternative obsolete
- raïnha alternative obsolete
- raínha alternative obsolete
- reinha alternative obsolete
- reynha alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rainha?
- Brazil /ʁaˈĩ.ɲɐ/
- Brazil [haˈĩ.j̃ɐ]
- /ʁaˈĩ.ɲɐ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rainha
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rainha in Portuguese?
rainha appears 79 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).