hornacina

Spanish

Etymology

From horno +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾnaˈθina/ [oɾ.naˈθi.na]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /oɾnaˈsina/ [oɾ.naˈsi.na]
• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: hor‧na‧ci‧na

Noun

hornacina f (plural hornacinas)

1. recess (inset)
   • 2015 September 25, “Solo cuatro comunidades permiten usar desfibriladores a los no expertos”, in El País‎^[1]:

     En una hornacina, el establecimiento tiene un desfibrilador.

     In a niche, the building has a defibrillator.

2. (architecture) niche

Further reading

• “hornacina”, 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