golfe

See also: Golfe and golfé

Dutch

Verb

golfe

  1. (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)

  1. (geography) gulf
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Romanian: golf

Etymology 2

Verb

golfe

  1. inflection of golfer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from golfo (deep sea), but compare also English kelp, Middle English culp.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (standard) /ˈɡɔlfe/ [ˈɡɔl.fɪ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /ˈħɔlfe/ [ˈħɔl.fɪ]

  • Rhymes: -ɔlfe
  • Hyphenation: gol‧fe

Noun

golfe m (plural golfes)

  1. kelp, tangle (Laminaria hyperborea, Laminaria ochroleuca and other Laminaria)
    Synonym: canouco
  2. furbellow (Saccorhiza polyschides)
    Synonym: argazo bravo

References

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔl.fə/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

golfe

  1. inflection of golfen:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
    3. singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf.

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)

  1. golf

Etymology 2

Verb

golfe

  1. inflection of golfar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative