alfiz

Borrowed from Spanish alfiz, from Andalusian Arabic الحِيْز (alḥíz), from Arabic حَيِّز (ḥayyiz).

alfiz

1. (architecture) In Mozarabic architecture, moulding which encloses the outward side of an arch.

From Andalusian Arabic الحِيْز (alḥíz), from Arabic الحَيِّز (al-ḥayyiz).

• IPA^(key): /alˈfiθ/ [alˈfiθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alˈfis/ [alˈfis] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -is (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: al‧fiz

alfiz m (plural alfices)

1. (architecture) alfiz

• → English: alfiz

• “alfiz”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024
• alfiz on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es