cerneja

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cernicula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /θeɾˈnexa/ [θeɾˈne.xa]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /seɾˈnexa/ [seɾˈne.xa]
• Rhymes: -exa
• Syllabification: cer‧ne‧ja

Noun

cerneja f (plural cernejas)

1. fetlock
2. fringe

Further reading

• “cerneja”, 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