naipe
Portuguese
naipes
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish naipe, from Catalan naip.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnaj.pi/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pi]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈnaj.pe/ [ˈnaɪ̯.pe]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈnaj.p(ɨ)/
- Hyphenation: nai‧pe
Noun
naipe m (plural naipes)
- (card games) suit (card game category)
- Synonym: pinta
- (by extension) group, set
- (by extension, music) section (of a band or orchestra)
Related terms
| Suits in Portuguese · naipes (see also: baralho) (layout · text) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| copas | ouros | espadas | paus |
See also
- baralho (“deck”)
Further reading
naipe on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Spanish
Etymology
From Catalan naip. Most plausibly from Arabic نَائِب (nāʾib, “deputy”), the second-highest court card in the Mamluk deck.
Alternative theories derive it from Arabic لَعِب (laʿib, “game”) or, with regard to the Islamic prohibition against card games, Arabic مَعِيب (maʿīb, “blameworthy”). These appear less likely, though interchange of sonorants occurs quite often in Ibero-Romance borrowings from Arabic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnaipe/ [ˈnai̯.pe]
- Rhymes: -aipe
- Syllabification: nai‧pe
Noun
naipe m (plural naipes)
- playing card
- Synonym: carta
- (in the plural) deck of cards
- Synonyms: baraja, juego de naipes
Derived terms
- castillo de naipes
Further reading
- “naipe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014