xeique
Portuguese, noun/ˈʃej.ki/
xeique is spelled X-E-I-Q-U-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written Portuguese, the 40,483rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Xeique is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “a sheik” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “chefe de tribo árabe”.
What does xeique mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea sheik
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chefe de tribo árabe
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 xeique
- xeiques plural
- xeica feminine
- xeicas feminine plural
- xeque alternative
- sheik alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce xeique?
- Brazil /ˈʃej.ki/
- Brazil [ˈʃeɪ̯.ki]
- Portugal /ˈʃɐj.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 xeique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is xeique in Portuguese?
xeique 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).