coifa

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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]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkoj.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: coi‧fa

Noun

coifa f (plural coifas)

1. coif (armour)
2. hood

   Synonym: capuz

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

Further reading

• “coifa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “coifa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025