alefriz

Meaning

mortise, rabbet (on the keel or stem)

Synonyms

mortaja

Translations

mortasa

Falz

Fuge

Nut

Zapfenloch

Stemmloch

mortaise

cardo

delik

zıvana

Hyphenated as

a‧le‧friz

Pronounced as (IPA)

/aleˈfɾiθ/

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic الإِفْرِيز (al-ʔifríz), from Arabic إِفْرِيز (ʔifrīz), apocope of Classical Syriac ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ (pərīzōmāʾ), from Ancient Greek περίζωμα (perízōma, “girdle”).