caïque
English
Noun
caïque (plural caïques)
- Alternative spelling of caique.
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French caïq, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (modern Turkish kayık), possibly via Italian caicco or Greek καΐκι (kaḯki).
Pronunciation
Noun
caïque m (plural caïques)
- (nautical) a small craft/boat used in the archipelago and Constantinople. [from 16th c.]
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “caïque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.