sanefa

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنِفَة (ṣanifa, “border of a dress”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈnɛ.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈne.fa]

Noun

sanefa f (plural sanefes)

1. decorative border, frieze

   Synonym: orla

Further reading

• “sanefa”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “sanefa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “sanefa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “sanefa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَنِفَة (ṣanifa, “border of a dress”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈnɛ.fɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈnɛ.fɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /saˈnɛ.fa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /sɐˈnɛ.fɐ/

• Hyphenation: sa‧ne‧fa

Noun

sanefa f (plural sanefas)

1. pelmet; valance
2. cross beam

Further reading

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