golfe
See also: Golfe and golfé
Dutch
Verb
golfe
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of golfen
French
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)
- (geography) gulf
Derived terms
- golfe de Gabès
- golfe de Gascogne
- golfe du Lion
- golfe du Mexique
Descendants
- → Romanian: golf
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
golfe
golfe
Alternative forms
- golfo
Etymology
Unknown. Perhaps from golfo (“deep sea”), but compare also English kelp, Middle English culp.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlfe̝/
Noun
golfe m (plural golfes)
- kelp, tangle (Laminaria hyperborea, Laminaria ochroleuca and other Laminaria)
- Synonym: canouco
- furbellow (Saccorhiza polyschides)
- Synonym: argazo bravo
Related terms
- golfeira
References
- “golfe” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “golfe” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “golfo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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
Borrowed from English golf.
Noun
golfe m (plural golfes)
- golf