cafiso

English

Noun

cafiso (plural cafisos)

1. Alternative form of cafiz

Anagrams

• Facios, fascio-, fiasco

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Italian

Alternative forms

• cafisso

Etymology

From Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfi.zo/
• Hyphenation: ca‧fì‧so

Noun

cafiso m (plural cafisi)

1. (historical) A dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a bushel.
2. A liquid measure, equivalent to a mass of 11,026 kilograms, employed in Southern Italy.

Related terms

• qafiz

References

• cafiso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana