pechina
Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Possibly borrowed from Catalan petxina[1] (itself probably derived ultimately from Latin pectinem) and crossed with clòtxina, or perhaps taken from a Valencian Mozarabic term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pechina f (plural pechinas)
- (architecture) pendentive
- 2016 April 7, “Edjanga Ndjoli Jones presentará en Valencia su libro ”Heredarás la Tierra””, in Diario Rombe[1], archived from the original on 25 August 2016:
- La presentación y firma de los ejemplares se celebrará en la librería United Minds ubicada en la calle Castan Tobeñas 52, Valencia (el principio del Paseo de la pechina).
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Synonym of concha de peregrino
References
[edit]- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “pechina”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
[edit]- “pechina”, 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
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