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canivete.

a small single-edged knife; a pocketknife

8 characters4 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/kaniˈbete/[ka.niˈβ̞e.t̪e]
  1. a small single-edged knife; a pocketknife

    dated · masculine · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Spanish canyuete, canivete (1291), either from Old Occitan and Old Catalan canivet, ganivet (“small knife”) (Catalan ganivet), both from Vulgar Latin *cnīfittus (“small knife”), from Vulgar Latin *cnīfus (“knife”), from Frankish *knīf (“knife”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gneybʰ- (“to pinch”).

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