xeique
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃej.ki/ [ˈʃeɪ̯.ki]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈʃej.ke/ [ˈʃeɪ̯.ke]
- (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)
- 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