minarete

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /mi.naˈɾe.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mi.nɐˈɾe.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧re‧te

Noun

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: almádena

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /minaˈɾete/ [mi.naˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧re‧te

Noun

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: alminar

Further reading

• “minarete”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish minarete, from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). Compare Malay menara. Doublet of menora.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /minaˈɾete/ [mɪ.n̪ɐˈɾɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧re‧te

Noun

minarete (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜇᜒᜆᜒ) (Islam)

1. minaret

Further reading

• “minarete”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024