casquete

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. Casco (“helmet”) +‎ -ete.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈkete̝/

Noun

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. casque, helmet

   Synonym: casco

   • 1474, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 74:

     preçaron hun casquete e hua espada e hun ferro de hua lança, aparte dos menores em dozentos e viinte maravedis

     they appraised a helmet and a sword and a spearhead, the minors' share, in two hundred and twenty maravedis

2. ribbon or hood which keeps the fibre wrapped around the distaff
3. polar ice, polar icecap

   Synonym: casquete polar

Related terms

• casco

References

• “casquete” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “casquete” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “casquete” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “casquete” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• casqueta

Etymology

Borrowed from French casquette.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈke.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈke.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʃˈke.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kasˈke.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐʃˈke.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: cas‧que‧te

Noun

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. headwear

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kasˈkete/ [kasˈke.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: cas‧que‧te

Etymology 1

From casco +‎ -ete.

Noun

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. hood
2. bowl
3. hairpiece, rug
4. helmet
5. polar ice, polar icecap

   Synonym: casquete polar

6. (Mexico) poultice, plaster, cataplas
7. (vulgar, Spain) sexual intercourse

Derived terms

• echar un casquete

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French casse-tête.

Noun

casquete m (plural casquetes)

1. (Louisiana) axe

   Synonym: hacha

Further reading

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