alefriz

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الإِفْرِيز (al-ʔifríz), from Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz), apocope of Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ (pərīzōmāʾ), from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma, “girdle”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aleˈfɾiθ/ [a.leˈfɾiθ]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aleˈfɾis/ [a.leˈfɾis]
• (Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
• (Latin America) Rhymes: -is
• Syllabification: a‧le‧friz

Noun

alefriz m (plural alefrices)

1. (nautical) mortise, rabbet (on the keel or stem)

Further reading

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