golfe
Dutch
Verb
golfe
- (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of golfen
French
Alternative forms
- golphe (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɔlf/
Audio: (file) - Homophone: golf
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of gouffre.
Noun
golfe m (plural golfes)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Romanian: golf
Etymology 2
Verb
golfe
- inflection of golfer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “golfe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from golfo (“deep sea”), but compare also English kelp, Middle English culp.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɔlfe
- Hyphenation: gol‧fe
Noun
golfe m (plural golfes)
- kelp, tangle (Laminaria hyperborea, Laminaria ochroleuca and other Laminaria)
- Synonym: canouco
- furbellow (Saccorhiza polyschides)
- Synonym: argazo bravo
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “golfe”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “golfe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “golfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔl.fə/
Audio: (file)
Verb
golfe
- inflection of golfen:
- first-person singular present
- first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- singular imperative
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡow.fi/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈɡow.fe/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈɡɔl.fɨ/ [ˈɡɔɫ.fɨ]
- Hyphenation: gol‧fe
Noun
golfe m (plural golfes)
Etymology 2
Verb
golfe
- inflection of golfar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative