esquif

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.