alferes

English

Etymology

From Portuguese alferes, Spanish alférez, from Arabic الفَارِس (al-fāris, “the knight”), influenced in meaning by Latin aquilifer (“standard-bearer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ælˈfɛɹɪs/

Noun

alferes (plural alferes)

1. (obsolete) An ensign; a standard-bearer.
   • 1624 (first performance), John Fletcher, “Rule a Wife, and Have a Wife”, in Comedies and Tragedies […], London: […] Humphrey Robinson, […], and for Humphrey Moseley […], published 1679, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

     Is not this my Alferes? he looks another thing

References

• “alferes”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay alperes, alferes, from Classical Malay الڤيريس (alperes), الڤيريس (alferes), from Portuguese alferes, from Arabic الفَارِس (al-fāris, “knight”). Doublet of alpiris and alperes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈferes/
• Hyphenation: al‧fé‧rés
• Rhymes: -res, -es, -s

Noun

alférés (first-person possessive alferesku, second-person possessive alferesmu, third-person possessive alferesnya)

1. (obsolete) ensign.

Alternative forms

• alperes: Indonesian, Standard Malay

Further reading

• “alferes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الفَارِس (al-fāris, “knight”), with sense influenced by Latin aquilifer (“standard-bearer”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfe.ɾis/ [aʊ̯ˈfe.ɾis]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfe.ɾis/ [aʊ̯ˈfe.ɾis]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /awˈfe.ɾiʃ/ [aʊ̯ˈfe.ɾiʃ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /awˈfe.ɾes/ [aʊ̯ˈfe.ɾes]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /alˈfɛ.ɾɨʃ/ [aɫˈfɛ.ɾɨʃ]

• Hyphenation: al‧fe‧res

Noun

alferes m (invariable)

1. ensign (military officer)

   Synonyms: porta-bandeira, porta-estandarte

Descendants

• Malay: alperes, alferes
• Indonesian: alferes