esquife

Portuguese

Etymology

From Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki.fi/, /esˈki.fi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /isˈki.fi/, /esˈki.fi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /iʃˈki.fi/, /eʃˈki.fi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /esˈki.fe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /(i)ʃˈki.fɨ/

• Hyphenation: es‧qui‧fe

Noun

esquife m (plural esquifes)

1. (nautical) skiff
2. tomb

   Synonym: tumba

Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan esquif. Doublet of equipo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈkife/ [esˈki.fe]
• Rhymes: -ife
• Syllabification: es‧qui‧fe

Noun

esquife m (plural esquifes)

1. (nautical) skiff
2. (architcture) This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Further reading

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