golfe

See also: Golfe and golfé

Dutch

Verb

golfe

1. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive of golfen

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɔlf/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophone: golf

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian golfo, from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos). Doublet of gouffre.

Noun

golfe m (plural golfes)

1. (geography) gulf

Derived terms

• golfe de Gabès
• golfe de Gascogne
• golfe du Lion
• golfe du Mexique

 

Descendants

• → Romanian: golf

Etymology 2

Verb

golfe

1. inflection of golfer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “golfe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

golfe

golfe

Alternative forms

• golfo

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from golfo (“deep sea”), but compare also English kelp, Middle English culp.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔlfe/ [ˈɡɔl.fɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈɡɔlfe/ [ˈɡɔl.fɪ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈħɔlfe/ [ˈħɔl.fɪ]

• Rhymes: -ɔlfe
• Hyphenation: gol‧fe

Noun

golfe m (plural golfes)

1. kelp, tangle (Laminaria hyperborea, Laminaria ochroleuca and other Laminaria)

   Synonym: canouco

2. furbellow (Saccorhiza polyschides)

   Synonym: argazo bravo

Related terms

• golfeira

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “golfe”, 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), “golfe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “golfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl.fə/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

golfe

1. inflection of golfen:
   1. first-person singular present
   2. first/third-person singular subjunctive I
   3. singular imperative

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf.

Alternative forms

• golf

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fi/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fi/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fi]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈɡow.fe/ [ˈɡoʊ̯.fe]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɔl.fɨ/ [ˈɡɔɫ.fɨ]

• Hyphenation: gol‧fe

Noun

golfe m (plural golfes)

1. golf

Etymology 2

Verb

golfe

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