esquif

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”). Cognate with English skiff, English ship.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /əsˈkif/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /esˈkif/

Noun

esquif m (plural esquifs)

1. skiff (any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person)

Derived terms

• esquifista

Further reading

• “esquif”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

French

Etymology

From Middle French esquif, from Old Italian schifo (“small boat”), from Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.kif/

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Noun

esquif m (plural esquifs)

1. (literary) skiff (any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person)

Further reading

• “esquif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.