"cafiso" meaning in Italian

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Noun

IPA: /kaˈfi.so/ Forms: cafisi [plural], cafisso [alternative]
Rhymes: -iso Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian cafisu, from Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz). Etymology templates: {{bor+|it|scn|cafisu}} Borrowed from Sicilian cafisu, {{der|it|ar|قَفِيز}} Arabic قَفِيز (qafīz) Head templates: {{it-noun|m}} cafiso m (plural cafisi)
  1. (historical) a dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a bushel Tags: historical, masculine
    Sense id: en-cafiso-it-noun-XdfjpsIt Categories (other): Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header, Units of measure Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 49 13 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 75 25 Disambiguation of Units of measure: 78 22
  2. a liquid measure, equivalent to a mass of 11,026 kilograms, employed in Southern Italy Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-cafiso-it-noun-zKDM9wTx
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: qafiz

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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