cantimplora

Catalan

FWOTD – 5 October 2013

Etymology

From canta (“it sings”) + i (“and”) + plora (“it cries”), referring to the sound a canteen makes. First attested in 1460.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kən.timˈplo.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kan.timˈplo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa

Noun

cantimplora f (plural cantimplores)

1. flask, canteen (water bottle)
   • 1998, Júlia Costa, Rondalla del camí, Universitat autònoma de Barcelona, page 83:

     Dai descavalcà, s'arrecerà sota una alzina polsosa, i va beure una mica d'aigua de la cantimplora, amb cura de no excedir-se.

     Dai dismounted his horse, and took shelter under a dusty oak, and he drank a bit of water from his canteen, taking care not to drink too much.

   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Va treure una petita cantimplora de ferro i en va fer un glop. No me la va oferir: […]

     He produced a small iron flask and took a sip from it. He didn't offer it to me: […]

Further reading

• “cantimplora” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cantimplora”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cantimplora” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan cantimplora (literally “it sings and it cries”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kantimˈploɾa/ [kãn̪.t̪ĩmˈplo.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -oɾa
• Syllabification: can‧tim‧plo‧ra

Noun

cantimplora f (plural cantimploras)

1. flask, canteen (water bottle)

Further reading

• “cantimplora”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10