maxixe
English edit
Etymology edit
From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
maxixe (plural maxixes)
- A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka. [from 20th c.]
- 2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review:
- He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.
- A deep blue variety of beryl.
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧xe
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Kimbundu maxixi, plural of rixixi, a type of cucurbit.[1][2]
Noun edit
maxixe m (plural maxixes)
Etymology 2 edit
From the male name Maxixe, which is probably related to Etymology 1 above.
Noun edit
maxixe m (plural maxixes)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
maxixe
- inflection of maxixar:
References edit
- ^ “maxixe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “maxixe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.