naipe

Portuguese

naipes

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naipe, from Catalan naip.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pi/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pi/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pe/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pɨ/

• Hyphenation: nai‧pe

Noun

naipe m (plural naipes)

1. (card games) suit (card game category)

   Synonym: pinta

2. (by extension) group, set
3. (by extension, music) section (of a band or orchestra)

See also

• baralho (“deck”)

Further reading

• naipe on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan naip. Most plausibly from Arabic نَائِب (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck.

Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب (laʕib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب (maʕīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaipe/ [ˈnai̯.pe]
• Rhymes: -aipe
• Syllabification: nai‧pe

Noun

naipe m (plural naipes)

1. playing card

   Synonym: carta

2. (in the plural) deck of cards

   Synonyms: baraja, juego de naipes

Derived terms

• castillo de naipes

 

Further reading

• “naipe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014