cúfico
See also: cufico
Portuguese
Etymology
Either from Cufa + -ico, or borrowed from French cufique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈku.fi.ku/
- Rhymes: -ufiku
- Hyphenation: cú‧fi‧co
Adjective
cúfico (feminine cúfica, masculine plural cúficos, feminine plural cúficas)
- Kufic (relating to the Kufic script)
Further reading
- “cúfico”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- “cúfico”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
- “cúfico”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
From Arabic كُوفِيّ (kūfiyy) + -ico.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkufiko/ [ˈku.fi.ko]
- Rhymes: -ufiko
- Syllabification: cú‧fi‧co
Adjective
cúfico (feminine cúfica, masculine plural cúficos, feminine plural cúficas)
- Kufic (relating to Kufic)
Further reading
- Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “cúfico”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation]
- “cúfico”, 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