caique
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caique¹
- /kɑːˈiːk/
- /kaɪˈiːk/
Rhymes with -iːk
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.
noun caiques · caïc · caicco · caieque · caïque · kaik
- A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling. Shipping of every sort, from passenger liners to ferry steamers, tramps to tugs and trailing barges, feluccas to speedboats and yachts, from warships to caiques, chugs, hoots, glides or churns its way in all directions.
caique²
- /kɑːˈiːk/
- /kaɪˈiːk/
Rhymes with -iːk
Where it comes from
From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque.
noun caiques
- Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
Translations
Talk about this word "caique." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/caique. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. caique. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/caique "caique." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/caique.Cite this
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title = {caique},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
