alfinete

== Galician == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alfiˈnete/ [ɑl.fiˈne.t̪ɪ] Rhymes: -ete Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te === Noun === alfinete m (plural alfinetes) pin (small needle with no eye) safety pin === References === “alfinete”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “alfinete”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “alfinete”, 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), “alfinete”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega == Portuguese == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Arabic خِلَال (ḵilāl, “pin, peg”), via Andalusian Arabic. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): [ˌawfiˈneti] Rhymes: (Brazil) -et͡ʃi, (Portugal) -etɨ Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te ==== Noun ==== alfinete m (plural alfinetes) pin (small needle with no eye) safety pin Synonyms: alfinete de segurança, alfinete de ama, alfinete de bebé, alfinete de dama, alfinete de fralda (Diabrotica speciosa) cucurbit beetle Synonyms: bicho-galo, aresta, bicha-amarela, bicha-do-milho, câncer, travela ===== Quotations ===== For quotations using this term, see Citations:alfinete. ===== Derived terms ===== alfineteira, alfinetada, alfinetado, alfinetar ===== Descendants ===== ⇒ Hindi: आलपीन (ālpīn) → Maithili: आलपीन (ālᵊpīn) → Konkani: आलफिनेत (ālphinet) → Ladino: alfinete → Javanese: ꦥꦤꦶꦠꦶ (paniti), ꦥꦼꦤꦶꦠꦶ (peniti) → Malay: alpeniti, peniti Indonesian: peniti → Sinhalese: අල්පෙනෙත්තිය (alpenettiya) === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Pronunciation ==== Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɛt͡ʃi, (Portugal) -ɛtɨ Hyphenation: al‧fi‧ne‧te ==== Verb ==== alfinete inflection of alfinetar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “alfinete”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “alfinete”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “alfinete”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026