alcaide

== English == === Alternative forms === alcayde === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish alcaide, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”); Doublet of caid and Alkaid. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ælˈkeɪd/ (US) IPA(key): /ælˈkaɪdi/, /ælˈkeɪd/ Rhymes: -aɪdi, -eɪd === Noun === alcaide (plural alcaides) (historical) The governor or commander of a Spanish or Portuguese fortress or prison. 1810, John Joseph Stockdale (editor and publisher), The History of the Inquisitions, extract published in 1810, The Literary Panorama, and National Register, Volume 8, page 219, It was, above all, to the alcaide and the guards of the prisoners that he studied to recommend himself. A caid. ==== Translations ==== == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alcaide, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “the leader”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: al‧cai‧de === Noun === alcaide m (plural alcaides) alcaide (commander of a province or fortress) ==== Alternative forms ==== alcalde (obsolete) === Further reading === “alcaide”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alcaide”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic الْقَائِد (al-qāʔid, “leader”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alˈkaide/ [alˈkai̯.ð̞e] Rhymes: -aide Syllabification: al‧cai‧de === Noun === alcaide m or f by sense (plural alcaides) commander of the defense of a castle administrator of royal property warden; administrator of a prison ==== Descendants ==== → English: alcaide → Polish: alkad === Further reading === “alcaide”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025