fornalla

Galician

Etymology

From Latin fornacula (“little oven”). Compare Portuguese fornalha and Italian fornacchia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foɾˈnaʎɐ]

Noun

fornalla f (plural fornallas)

1. cavity under the oven which allows it to be heated from below
2. oven's mouth or doorway

Derived terms

• fornalleira

Related terms

• forno

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fornalla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fornalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega