caique
/kɑːˈiːk/
caique noun: a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
Noun (1)
caique (plural caiques)
- 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.1950 July, J. C. Mertens, “By the "Taurus Express" to Baghdad”, in Railway Magazine, page 435
Noun (2)
caique (plural caiques)
- Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.
caique meaning in Tamil
caique in Tamil
- பளுவற்ற தண்டுகைக்கும் படகு
Forms of caique
| plural | caiques |
|---|---|
| alternative form | caïc |
| alternative form | caicco |
| alternative form | caieque |
| alternative form | caïque |
| alternative form | kaik |
| alternative form | kaiki |
| alternative form | kajik |
| alternative form | kayik |
| alternative form | saique |
Origin of caique
Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish قایق (kayık), from Proto-Turkic *kiayguk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kayık.
From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque.
Words formed from caique
Words that rhyme with caique
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- leak
- seek
- bespeak
- pique
- tweak
- reek
- sleek
- geek
- peek
- squeak
- week
- wreak
- boutique
- clique
- creek
- forspeak
- gleek
- unique
- bleak
- cacique
- creak
- critique
- deke
- eek
- eke
- fleak
- on fleek
- respeak
- Tajik
- teak
- technique
- tongue-in-chic
- chic
- cleek
- desqueak
- leek
- malik
- meek
- midweek
- misspeak
- physique
- pratique
- shriek
- speke
- streek
- Zeke
- -speak
- Adam's Peak
Questions about caique
- What does caique mean?
- Caique means a small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.
- What is caique in Tamil?
- Caique in Tamil is பளுவற்ற தண்டுகைக்கும் படகு. See Caique meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is caique?
- Caique is a noun.
- How do you pronounce caique?
- Caique is pronounced /kɑːˈiːk/.
- What is the plural of caique?
- The plural of caique is caiques.
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