esquife
Portuguese
Etymology
From Lombardic skif (“boat”), from Proto-Germanic *skipą (“boat, ship”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /isˈki.fi/, /esˈki.fi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /iʃˈki.fi/, /eʃˈki.fi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /esˈki.fe/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /(i)ʃˈki.fɨ/
- Hyphenation: es‧qui‧fe
Noun
esquife m (plural esquifes)
Further reading
- “esquife”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “esquife”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan esquif. Doublet of equipo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈkife/ [esˈki.fe]
- Rhymes: -ife
- Syllabification: es‧qui‧fe
Noun
esquife m (plural esquifes)
- (nautical) skiff
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Further reading
- “esquife”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025