alface

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Portuguese

alface (Lactuca sativa)

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic الْخَسّ.[1][2] First attested in c. 16th century, but the variant alfaça is attested as early as 1279.[3] Cognate with Maltese ħass.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: al‧fa‧ce

Noun

alface f or (nonstandard) m (plural alfaces)

  1. lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
    Synonyms: leituga, salada
  2. (by extension) any plant in the genus Lactuca

Quotations

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “alface”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “alface”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
  3. ^ 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), 7 edition, volume I, Lisboa: Livros Horizonte, →ISBN, page 189
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