alefriz

Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الإِفْرِيز (al-ʔifríz), from Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz), apocope of Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ (pərīzōmāʾ), from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma, “girdle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /aleˈfɾiθ/ [a.leˈfɾiθ]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aleˈfɾis/ [a.leˈfɾis]
(Spain) Rhymes: -iθ
(Latin America) Rhymes: -is
Syllabification: a‧le‧friz

Noun

alefriz m (plural alefrices)

(nautical) mortise, rabbet (on the keel or stem)

Further reading

“alefriz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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