maxixe

English

Two dancers demonstrating the maxixe

Etymology

From Brazilian Portuguese maxixe.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /maˈʃiːʃə/, /makˈsiːks/

Noun

maxixe (plural maxixes)

1. A Brazilian dance in a rapid 2/4 time, influenced by the tango and polka. [from 20th c.]
   • 2016 November, Donald Rayfield, “The Monk behind the Myth”, in Literary Review:

     He spent whole days and nights on his knees praying, yet he could have won Strictly Come Dancing with his virtuoso Brazilian tango, the maxixe.

2. A deep blue variety of beryl.

Further reading

• maxixe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃi.ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃi.ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maˈʃi.ʃe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐˈʃi.ʃɨ/

• Hyphenation: ma‧xi‧xe

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Kimbundu maxixi, plural of rixixi, a type of cucurbit.

Noun

maxixe m (plural maxixes)

1. gherkin

Etymology 2

From the male name Maxixe, which is probably related to Etymology 1 above.

Noun

maxixe m (plural maxixes)

1. (Brazil) maxixe (Brazilian dance)

Derived terms

• maxixar
• maxixeiro

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

maxixe

1. inflection of maxixar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative