califa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈli.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kaˈli.fa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califes)

1. caliph

Related terms

• califat

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaˈli.fa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐˈli.fɐ/

• Rhymes: -ifɐ
• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph (political leader of the Muslim world)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French calife, from Medieval Latin calipha, from Arabic خَلِيفَة (ḵalīfa, “vicar, successor”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈlifa/ [kaˈli.fa]

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• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧li‧fa

Noun

califa m (plural califas)

1. caliph

Derived terms

• califal
• califato

 

Further reading

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