banquisa
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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French banquise.
Pronunciation
Noun
banquisa f (plural banquises)
Further reading
- “banquisa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French banquise.[1][2] Compare Spanish banquisa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ban‧qui‧sa
Noun
banquisa f (plural banquisas)
- floe (a low, flat mass of floating ice)
References
- ^ “banquisa”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- ^ “banquisa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French banquise.
Pronunciation
Noun
banquisa f (plural banquisas)
- floe
- sea ice
- Synonym: hielo marino
Further reading
- “banquisa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28