catifa

Catalan

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Semitic *qaṭap-

Arabic قَطَفَ (qaṭafa)

Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa)bor.

Catalan catifa

Borrowed from Arabic قَطِيفَة (qaṭīfa, “satin”). Compare Portuguese alcatifa, Galician alcatifa, Spanish alcatifa, catifa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kəˈti.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [kaˈti.fa]

• Audio (Catalonia):

  (file)

Noun

catifa f (plural catifes)

1. carpet; rug

Derived terms

• encatifar

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “catifa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtifa/ [kaˈt̪i.fa]
• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: ca‧ti‧fa

Noun

catifa f (plural catifas)

1. (uncommon) alternative form of alcatifa

Further reading

• “catifa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025