alfaiate

Galician

Etymology

From old Galician and Old Portuguese alfaiate, borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, the tailor).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alfaˈjat̪ɪ/

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates)

  1. tailor
    Synonym: xastre

References

  • alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • alfaiate” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • alfaiate” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • alfaiate” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • alfaiate” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, the tailor).

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /aɫfɐɪ̯ˈatɨ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /awfaɪ̯ˈatʃi/
  • (South Brazil) IPA(key): /awfaɪ̯ˈate/
  • (Nordestino) IPA(key): /awfaɪ̯ˈati/

Noun

alfaiate m (plural alfaiates, feminine alfaiata, feminine plural alfaiatas)

  1. tailor

Further reading

  • alfaiate” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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