faixa

Catalan

A casteller donning the faixa

Etymology

Inherited from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Compare Occitan faissa, Old French faisse, Spanish faja and haza.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈfa.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈfaj.ʃa]

Noun

faixa f (plural faixes)

1. belt, ribbon, strap, sash
2. girdle

   Synonym: ventrera

3. (figurative) band, strip
4. ribbonfish (Trachipterus trachypterus)

   Synonyms: fleuma, llista, flemma

5. (heraldry) fess
6. (castells) a long, broad, sturdy fabric belt used to support the back and to provide a handhold and foothold

Derived terms

• enfaixar
• faixar
• faixí
• faixó

 

Further reading

• “faixa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “faixa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Cognate with Portuguese faixa, Spanish faja and Catalan faixa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfajʃɐ/

Noun

faixa f (plural faixas)

1. band, strip
2. waistband, cummerbund
3. (heraldry) fess

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faixa”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “faixa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faixa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese faixa, from Latin fascia (“strip, ribbon”). Doublet of fáscia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ʃɐ/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ʃɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ʃɐ/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ʃɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ʃa/ [ˈfaɪ̯.ʃa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfaj.ʃɐ/

• Hyphenation: fai‧xa

Noun

faixa f (plural faixas)

1. band, strip
2. (fashion) belt, ribbon, strap, sash

   Ele trazia uma faixa vermelha cruzada ao peito.

   He wore a red sash across his chest.

3. (music) track (on a record)

   Esta é a minha faixa favorita no disco inteiro.

   This is my favorite track on the entire disc.

4. lane (on a road)
5. (heraldry) fess (horizontal band across the middle of the shield)
6. Ellipsis of faixa de pedestres.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:faixa.