different between caique vs cacique

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k???i?k/, /ka??i?k/
• Rhymes: -i?k

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French caïque, from Italian caicco, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (kay?k), from Proto-Turkic *K(i)aj-guk (“boat, oar”). Cognate with modern Turkish kay?k.

Alternative forms

• caïc, caicco, caieque, caïque, kaik, kaiki, kajik, kayik

Noun

caique (plural caiques)

1. (nautical) A small wooden trading vessel, brightly painted and rigged for sail, traditionally used for fishing and trawling.

Derived terms

• caïquejee

Translations

Etymology 2

From Spanish caíque or Portuguese caíque.

Noun

caique (plural caiques)

1. Any of four (previously two) species of parrot in the genus Pionites.

See also

• Caique (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

English

Alternative forms

• cazic, cazique

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).

Noun

cacique (plural caciques)

1. (historical) A tribal chief in the Spanish West Indies.

   Synonym: chieftain
2. A local political leader in Latin America, Spain, or the Philippines.

   Coordinate term: caudillo

3. (ornithology) Any of a number of tropical blackbirds from Central America and South America, family Icteridae.

Translations

Further reading

• cacique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sik/

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques)

1. (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
2. (by extension) a very powerful person

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish cacique, from Taíno *kasike or Arawak kassequa, cazaqah (“chieftain; power”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ca?ci?que

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)

1. (historical) cacique (chieftain)

   Synonym: chefe

2. (by extension) very powerful person
3. (Brazil, slang) money

Derived terms

• caciquismo

Spanish

Etymology

From Taíno *kasike (“chieftain”) or Arawak kassequa (“chieftain; power”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /ka??ike/, [ka??i.ke]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /ka?sike/, [ka?si.ke]

Noun

cacique m (plural caciques, feminine cacica, feminine plural cacicas)

1. (historical) chieftain (Indian chief in a tribe)
2. (by extension) [[powerful person]], fat cat
3. (ornithology) cacique (bird)

Derived terms

• cacicato
• cacicazgo
• caciquear
• caciquismo
• caciquil
• cacicada
• cacicatura
• cacical

Descendants

• ? English: cacique
• ? French: cacique
• ? German: Kazike
• ? Portuguese: cacique

Further reading

• “cacique” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.