alface

Meaning

1. (feminine, masculine, nonstandard) lettuce (Lactuca sativa)
2. (broadly, feminine, masculine, nonstandard) any plant in the genus Lactuca

Concepts

lettuce

lettuces

butterhead lettuce

mâche

Translations

laitue

lechuga

lattuga

Kopfsalat

sla

enciam

μαρούλι

Salat

salade

خس

lactuca

kropsla

latuw

salade

Pronounced as (IPA)

/awˈfa.si/

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic: خس

Cognate with Maltese: ħass

In summary

Etymology tree
Sumerian 𒄭𒊬bor.?
Akkadian ḫassūder.
Arabic خَسّ (ḵass)bor.
Old Galician-Portuguese alfaça
Portuguese alface
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese alfaça, from Arabic الْخَسّ (al-ḵass). First attested in c. 16th century.
Cognate with Maltese ħass.