Noun: alface
Gender: mf
Hyphenation:
| Singular m | alface |
| Singular f | alface |
| Plural m | alfaces |
| Plural f | alfaces |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like alface
semita,
sensei,
selfie,
neurologista,
violinista,
gremista,
sapeca,
militante,
sacana,
antitradicionalista,
sovina,
somali,
activista,
belmontense,
flautista,
humanista,
antiaristocrata,
felgueirense,
adjuvante,
antissemita, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Sumerian 𒄭𒊬bor.?
3. Akkadian ḫassūder.
4. Arabic خَسّ (ḵass)bor.
5. Old Galician-Portuguese alfaça
6. Portuguese alface
7. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaça, from Arabic الْخَسّ (al-ḵass). First attested in c. 16th century. Cognate with Galician alfaza and Maltese ħass. See: Old Portuguese Nouns '
alfaça', Old Portuguese Nouns '
alfaça'.
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