coifa

Portuguese
A coif
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A kitchen hood in a small apartment

Etymology

From Late Latin cofia, of West Germanic origin. See also Middle High German kupfe (“cap”), Old High German kupphia (“cap”), all from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰeybʰ-.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoj.fɐ/ [ˈkoɪ̯.fɐ]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkoj.fa/ [ˈkoɪ̯.fa]

  • Hyphenation: coi‧fa

Noun

coifa f (plural coifas)

  1. coif (armour)
  2. hood
  3. hood (metal covering)
  4. root cap
  5. (aeronautics) payload fairing
  6. kitchen hood, (UK) extractor hood, (US) range hood, (AU, NZ) rangehood, cooker hood, exhaust hood, oven hood
    Synonym: exaustor

Synonyms
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