drassana
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old Catalan daraçana, from Andalusian Arabic دار الصنعة (dár aṣ-ṣánʕa), variant of دار الصناعة (dár aṣ-ṣináʕa), from Arabic دَار اَلصِّنَاعَة (dār aṣ-ṣināʕa, literally “house of industry”). Cognate to Spanish atarazana, Italian darsena. The modern form has been influenced by dreçar (“to right, to erect”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drassana f (plural drassanes)
Further reading
[edit]- “drassana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.