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class="toctext">English</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-2"><a href="#Etymology"><span class="tocnumber">1.1</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-3"><a href="#Pronunciation"><span class="tocnumber">1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="#Noun"><span class="tocnumber">1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Portuguese"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Portuguese</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#Alternative_forms"><span class="tocnumber">2.1</span> <span class="toctext">Alternative forms</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-7"><a href="#Pronunciation_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.2</span> <span class="toctext">Pronunciation</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="#Etymology_1"><span class="tocnumber">2.3</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology 1</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Noun_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.3.1</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="#Etymology_2"><span class="tocnumber">2.4</span> <span class="toctext">Etymology 2</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#Noun_3"><span class="tocnumber">2.4.1</span> <span class="toctext">Noun</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-12"><a href="#Further_reading"><span class="tocnumber">2.5</span> <span class="toctext">Further reading</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="English">English</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: English"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology">Etymology</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Etymology"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From <span class="etyl"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" class="extiw" title="w:Portuguese language">Portuguese</a></span> <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#Portuguese">xique-xique</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><span class="usage-label-accent"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_English" class="extiw" title="w:British English">UK</a></span></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:English_pronunciation" title="Appendix:English pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˈʃiːkʃiːk/</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Noun">Noun</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="en"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a></strong> (<i><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#uncountable" title="Appendix:Glossary">uncountable</a></i>)</span> </p> <ol><li>A species of <a href="/wiki/tree_cactus" title="tree cactus">tree cactus</a>, <span class="biota"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pilosocereus_gounellei" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Pilosocereus gounellei"><i>Pilosocereus gounellei</i></a></span>, of northern Brazil. <ul><li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1869</b></span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_F._Burton" class="extiw" title="w:Richard F. Burton">Richard F. Burton</a>, chapter 14, in <cite>Explorations of the Highlands of the Brazil</cite>, volume II:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">At the base of the hill began a thin grove of <b>Xique-Xique</b> <span class="q-hellip-sp"> </span><span class="q-hellip-b">[</span>…<span class="q-hellip-b">]</span><span class="q-hellip-b"> </span>. This is a tall shrub, with patches of sharp and venomous thorns radiating from common centres.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>1984</b></span>, Mario Vargas Llosa, translated by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_R._Lane" class="extiw" title="w:Helen R. Lane">Helen R. Lane</a>, <cite>The War of the End of the World</cite>, Folio Society, published <span class="None" lang="und">2012</span>, page <span class="None" lang="und">12</span>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">In the corner where he slept, the Little Blessed One gradually built an altar, with printed images they gave him at the mission and a cross of <i><b>xiquexique</b></i> wood that he himself carved and painted.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li> <li><div class="citation-whole"><span class="cited-source"><span class="None" lang="und"><b>2008</b></span>, Frances de Pontes Peebles, <cite>The Seamstress</cite>:</span><dl><dd><div class="h-quotation"><span class="Latn e-quotation cited-passage" lang="en">Each night the men sliced the squat <b>xique-xique</b> cactus into rounds, plucked out its thorns, and pressed down upon the slices with the flat faces of their knives.</span></div></dd></dl></div></li></ul></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Portuguese">Portuguese</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Portuguese"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="interproject-box sister-wikipedia sister-project noprint floatright"><div style="float: left;"><figure class="mw-halign-none" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/44px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="44" height="40" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/66px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg/88px-Wikipedia-logo-v2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="103" data-file-height="94" /></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><div style="margin-left: 60px;">Portuguese <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia" title="Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a> has an article on:<div style="margin-left: 10px;"><b class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:xique-xique" class="extiw" title="w:pt:xique-xique">xique-xique</a></b></div></div><span class="interProject"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/pt:xique-xique" class="extiw" title="w:pt:xique-xique">Wikipedia <sup>pt</sup></a></span></div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r81571951">.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{font-size:90%;width:250px;padding:4px;text-align:left;background:var(--wikt-palette-paleblue,#f9f9f9);border:var(--border-color-base,#aaa)1px solid}@media screen and (max-width:719px){.mw-parser-output .interproject-box{box-sizing:border-box;line-height:1.5;width:100%;max-width:100%}}</style> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alternative_forms">Alternative forms</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Alternative forms"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xiquexique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xiquexique (page does not exist)">xiquexique</a></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Pronunciation_2">Pronunciation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pronunciation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="vsSwitcher" data-toggle-category="pronunciations" style="width: 42em; max-width:100%;"><span class="vsToggleElement" style="float: right;"> </span> <div class="vsShow" style="display:none"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kiˈʃi.ki/</span></li></ul></div> <div class="vsHide"> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:Brazilian Portuguese">Brazil</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kiˈʃi.ki/</span> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content">Southern Brazil</span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.keˈʃi.ke/</span></li></ul></li></ul></div></div> <div> <ul><li><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content qualifier-content"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Portuguese" class="extiw" title="w:European Portuguese">Portugal</a></span><span class="ib-brac qualifier-brac">)</span> <a href="/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet" title="Wiktionary:International Phonetic Alphabet">IPA</a><sup>(<a href="/wiki/Appendix:Portuguese_pronunciation" title="Appendix:Portuguese pronunciation">key</a>)</sup>: <span class="IPA">/ˌʃi.kɨˈʃi.kɨ/</span></li></ul></div> <p><span></span> </p> <ul><li>Hyphenation: <span class="Latn" lang="pt">xi‧que‧-xi‧que</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_1">Etymology 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Etymology 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#onomatopoeic" title="Appendix:Glossary">Onomatopoeic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_2">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/xique-xiques#Portuguese" title="xique-xiques">xique-xiques</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="usage-label-sense"><span class="ib-brac">(</span><span class="ib-content"><a href="/wiki/music" title="music">music</a></span><span class="ib-brac">)</span></span> <span class="Latn" lang="en"><a href="/wiki/ganz%C3%A1#English" title="ganzá">ganzá</a></span> <dl><dd><span class="nyms synonym"><span class="defdate">Synonym:</span> <span class="Latn" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/ganz%C3%A1#Portuguese" title="ganzá">ganzá</a></span></span></dd></dl></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Etymology_2">Etymology 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Etymology 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Unknown. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Noun_3">Noun</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Noun"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="headword-line"><strong class="Latn headword" lang="pt"><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a>-<a href="/w/index.php?title=xique&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="xique (page does not exist)">xique</a></strong> <span class="gender"><abbr title="masculine gender">m</abbr></span> (<i>plural</i> <b class="Latn form-of lang-pt p-form-of" lang="pt"><a href="/wiki/xique-xiques#Portuguese" title="xique-xiques">xique-xiques</a></b>)</span> </p> <ol><li><span class="Latn" lang="en"><a class="mw-selflink-fragment" href="#English">xique-xique</a></span> (<span class="biota"><a href="https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Pilosocereus_gounellei" class="extiw" title="wikispecies:Pilosocereus gounellei"><i>Pilosocereus gounellei</i></a></span>)</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=xique-xique&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>“<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.dicionario-aberto.net/search/xique-xique">xique-xique</a>” in <i>Dicionário Aberto</i> based on <i>Novo 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