xeique

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• xeque, sheik

Etymology

From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.ki/ [ˈʃeɪ̯.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.ki/ [ˈʃeɪ̯.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.ke/ [ˈʃeɪ̯.ke]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐj.kɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɐj.kɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.kɨ/
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃej.kɨ/
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʃe.kɨ/

• Rhymes: -ejki, -ɐjkɨ
• Hyphenation: xei‧que

Noun

xeique m (plural xeiques, feminine xeica, feminine plural xeicas)

1. a sheik

Further reading

• “xeique”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “xeique”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026