minarete

Borrowed from French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). Doublet of almenara.

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ
• Hyphenation: mi‧na‧re‧te

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: almádena

• “minarete”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “minarete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Borrowed from French minaret, from Turkish minare (“minaret”), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”).

• IPA^(key): /minaˈɾete/ [mi.naˈɾe.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧re‧te

minarete m (plural minaretes)

1. minaret (mosque tower)

   Synonym: alminar

• “minarete”, 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

Borrowed from Spanish minarete, from French minaret, from Ottoman Turkish مناره (Turkish minare), from Arabic مَنَارَة (manāra, “lighthouse, minaret”). Compare Malay menara. Doublet of menora.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /minaˈɾete/ [mɪ.n̪ɐˈɾɛː.t̪ɛ]
• Rhymes: -ete
• Syllabification: mi‧na‧re‧te

minarete (Baybayin spelling ᜋᜒᜈᜇᜒᜆᜒ) (Islam)

1. minaret

• “minarete”, in KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino, Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2024