naipe

Portuguese

naipes

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish naipe, from Catalan naip.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pi/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pi/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.pe/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnaj.p(ɨ)/

• Hyphenation: nai‧pe

Noun

naipe m (plural naipes)

1. (card games) suit (card game category)

   Synonym: pinta

2. (by extension) group, set
3. (by extension, music) section (of a band or orchestra)

See also

• baralho (“deck”)

Further reading

• naipe on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt

Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan naip. Most plausibly from Arabic نَائِب‎ (nāʔib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck.

Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب‎ (laʕib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب‎ (maʕīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaipe/ [ˈnai̯.pe]
• Rhymes: -aipe
• Syllabification: nai‧pe

Noun

naipe m (plural naipes)

1. playing card

   Synonym: carta

2. (in the plural) deck of cards

   Synonyms: baraja, juego de naipes

Derived terms

• castillo de naipes

Further reading

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