maxixe

English
Two dancers demonstrating the maxixe

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /maˈʃiːʃə/, /makˈsiːks/

Noun

maxixe (plural maxixes)

  1. A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka. [from 20th c.]
    • 2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review:
      He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.
  2. A deep blue variety of beryl.

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʃi.ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /maˈʃi.ʃe/

  • Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧xe

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu maxixi, plural of rixixi, a type of cucurbit.[1][2]

Noun

maxixe m (plural maxixes)

  1. gherkin

Etymology 2

From the male name Maxixe, which is probably related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

maxixe m (plural maxixes)

  1. (Brazil) maxixe (Brazilian dance)
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maxixe

  1. inflection of maxixar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References
  1. “maxixe” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “maxixe” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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