jabalina

English

Noun

jabalina (plural jabalinas)

1. Alternative form of javelina

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xabaˈlina/ [xa.β̞aˈli.na]

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• Rhymes: -ina
• Syllabification: ja‧ba‧li‧na

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French javeline, from Old French javelline, diminutive of javelot (“spear”), from Vulgar Latin *gabalottus, from Gaulish *gabalos (compare Old Irish gabul (“fork”), Welsh gafl), from Proto-Celtic *gabalos (“fork, forked branch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰabʰlos (“fork, branch of tree”).

Noun

jabalina f (plural jabalinas)

1. javelin

Etymology 2

From jabalí.

Noun

jabalina f (plural jabalinas)

1. female equivalent of jabalí

Further reading

• “jabalina”, 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