alface
Portuguese
alface (Lactuca sativa)
Alternative forms
- alfaça (obsolete)
Etymology
From Arabic اَلْخَسَّة (al-ḵassa, “head of lettuce”). First attested in c. 16th century, but the variant alfaça is attested as early as 1279.[1] Cognate with Maltese ħassa.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈfa.si/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.si]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /awˈfa.se/ [aʊ̯ˈfa.se]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /alˈfa.s(ɨ)/ [aɫˈfa.s(ɨ)]
- Hyphenation: al‧fa‧ce
Noun
alface f or (nonstandard) m (plural alfaces)
- lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
- (by extension) any plant in the genus Lactuca
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:alface.
Derived terms
- alfaçal
- alfacinha
Further reading
alface on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt- “alface” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “alface” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- José Pedro Machado (1995), “Alface”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa: com a mais antiga documentação escrita e conhecida de muitos dos vocábulos estudados (in Portuguese), volume I, 7 edition, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 189
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