sheik

Signification (Anglais)

1. The leader of an Arab village, family or small tribe.
2. An Islamic religious cleric; the master of a Sufi order.
3. An official title for members of the royal family as well as some prominent families.
4. (archaic, slang) A romantic lover.
5. (slang) An Arab, especially one dressed in traditional clothing.
6. An honorific for specialists in spirituality, for example in Sufism.

Concepts

cheik

cheikh

type

mec

mon pote

muguet

pote

🧉

gars

bellâtre

dandy

étendoir

sigisbée

pinpin

cheïkh

Synonymes

sheikh

beau

dandy

fop

swell

dude

gallant

shaikh

Arab chief

tribal sheik

tribal sheikh

clotheshorse

fashion plate

macaroni

coxcomb

snob

shaykh

Traductions

jeque

Scheich

sceicco

xeque

sheik

xeic

sjeik

شێخ

شَيْخ

σεΐχης

شيخ

şeyh

sheik

xeique

şêx

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ʃeɪk/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Arabic شَيْخ (šayḵ, “elder”). Sense 4 (“a romantic lover”) is from the 1921 film The Sheik.