English Explanatory Dictionary

caique

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
noun
  1. Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.

Pronunciation

/kɑːˈiːk/ /kaɪˈiːk/

Word forms

caique caiques caïc caicco caieque caïque kaik kaiki kajik kayik saique

Etymology

Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.

Derived words

caïquejee
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