golfo
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See also: Golfo
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English golf, from Scots, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“round object”). Related to Dutch kolf (“blunt end of something”), German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”).
Noun
golfo (uncountable, accusative golfon)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Late Latin colfos, an alteration of Latin colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos, “bosom, gulf”). Compare German Golf, French golfe.
Noun
golfo (accusative singular golfon, plural golfoj, accusative plural golfojn)
- (geography) gulf
- La Meksika Golfo estas la plej granda golfo tutmonde.
- The Gulf of Mexico is the largest gulf in the world.
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of colpo.
Pronunciation
Noun
golfo m (plural golfi)
- gulf
- Synonyms: baia, insenatura
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Pronunciation
Noun
golfo m (plural golfos)
Etymology 2
Verb
golfo
Spanish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus following hypercorrection of the popular pronunciation of Latin 'ph' as 'p', itself from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Noun
golfo m (plural golfos)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From golfín. A more specific sense may apply in its feminine form golfa.
Adjective
golfo (feminine golfa, masculine plural golfos, feminine plural golfas)
Noun
golfo m (plural golfos, feminine golfa, feminine plural golfas)
Further reading
- “golfo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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