catifa

Borrowed from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa, “satin”). Compare Portuguese alcatifa, Galician alcatifa, Spanish alcatifa, catifa.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈti.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈti.fa]

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catifa f (plural catifes)

1. carpet; rug

• encatifar

• “catifa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtifa/ [kaˈt̪i.fa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧ti‧fa

catifa f (plural catifas)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of alcatifa

• “catifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024