catifa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa, “satin”). Compare Portuguese alcatifa, Galician alcatifa, Spanish alcatifa, catifa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈti.fə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈti.fa] === Noun === catifa f (plural catifes) carpet; rug ==== Derived terms ==== encatifar === Further reading === Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “catifa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaˈtifa/ [kaˈt̪i.fa] Rhymes: -ifa Syllabification: ca‧ti‧fa === Noun === catifa f (plural catifas) (uncommon) alternative form of alcatifa === Further reading === “catifa”, 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