catifa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa, “satin”). Compare Portuguese alcatifa, Galician alcatifa, Spanish alcatifa, catifa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈti.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈti.fa]

• Audio:

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Noun

catifa f (plural catifes)

1. carpet; rug

Derived terms

• encatifar

Further reading

• “catifa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Arabic القَطِيفَة (al-qaṭīfa). Doublet of alcatifa. Cognate with Galician alcatifa, Portuguese alcatifa, Catalan catifa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtifa/ [kaˈt̪i.fa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧ti‧fa

Noun

catifa f (plural catifas)

1. (uncommon) Synonym of alcatifa (carpet)

Further reading

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