cafiso

• cafisso, caffiso

From Italian cafiso, from Arabic قَفِيز‎ (qafīz), from Aramaic קְפִיזָא‎ and Classical Syriac ܩܦܝܙܐ‎ (qəp̄īzā), of uncertain derivation from Egyptian, Akkadian, and similar units.

cafiso (plural cafisos)

1. Alternative form of qafiz, particularly in Italian contexts

• Italian qafiz

• Facios, fascio-, fiasco

• cafisso

Borrowed from Arabic قَفِيز‎ (qafīz).

• IPA^(key): /kaˈfi.zo/
• Rhymes: -izo
• Hyphenation: ca‧fì‧so

cafiso m (plural cafisi)

1. (historical) a dry measure, equivalent to seven quarters of a bushel
2. a liquid measure, equivalent to a mass of 11,026 kilograms, employed in Southern Italy

• qafiz

• cafiso in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

• fascio, fasciò, fiasco, sfocai, sfocia