alface
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic الْخَسّ.[1][2] First attested in c. 16th century, but the variant alfaça is attested as early as 1279.[3] Cognate with Maltese ħass.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧ce
Noun
editalface f or (nonstandard) m (plural alfaces)
- lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- (by extension) any plant in the genus Lactuca
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:alface.
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ “alface”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “alface”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- ^ José Pedro Machado (1995) “Alface”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 189
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- Portuguese terms borrowed from Arabic
- Portuguese terms derived from Arabic
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- Portuguese nouns with multiple genders
- pt:Vegetables