alfaiate

== Galician == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Portuguese alfaiate and Asturian alfayate. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [alfaˈi̯at̪ɪ] === Noun === alfaiate m (plural alfaiates) tailor Synonym: xastre === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “alfaiate”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfaiate”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “alfaiate”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic اَلْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Old Leonese alfayat. === Noun === alfaiate m (plural alfaiates) tailor ==== Descendants ==== Galician: alfaiate Portuguese: alfaiate === Further reading === Universo Cantigas - "alfaiate" == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [awfaɪ̯ˈati] Hyphenation: al‧fai‧a‧te === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaiate, from Arabic الْخَيَّاط (al-ḵayyāṭ, “the tailor”). Compare Galician alfaiate. ==== Noun ==== alfaiate m (plural alfaiates) tailor pied avocet, a bird water strider, an insect of the family Gerridae === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== alfaiate inflection of alfaiatar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alfaiate”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfaiate”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026