salamaleque
Portuguese, noun/sa.la.maˈle.ki/
salamaleque is spelled S-A-L-A-M-A-L-E-Q-U-E (11 letters) and appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese, the 266,412th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Salamaleque is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “exaggerated and affected reverence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “saudação muçulmana”.
What does salamaleque mean in English?
interjection
- 1
salaam alaikum (greeting used by Muslims)
noun
- 1
masculineexaggerated and affected reverence
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. saudação muçulmana 2. cortesia excessiva
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 salamaleque
- salamaleques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce salamaleque?
- Brazil /sa.la.maˈle.ki/
- Portugal /sɐ.lɐ.mɐˈlɛ.kɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is salamaleque in Portuguese?
salamaleque appears about once in every 98 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).