aloquete
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From a- + loquete,[1] borrowed from French loquet (“latch”),[2][3] from Old English loc.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.loˈke.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /a.loˈke.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.luˈke.tɨ/
- Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
- Hyphenation: a‧lo‧que‧te
Noun
aloquete m (plural aloquetes)
- (Portugal) latch (fastening for a door that has a bar that fits into a notch or slot)
- Synonym: ferrolho
- (Northern Portugal) padlock
- Synonym: cadeado
References
- ^ “aloquete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
- ^ “aloquete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
- ^ “loquete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Further reading
- “aloquete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026