pechina

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Spanish

Etymology

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

  • IPA(key): /peˈt͡ʃina/
  • Rhymes: -ina
  • Syllabification: pe‧chi‧na

Noun

pechina f (plural pechinas)

  1. (architecture) pendentive
    • 2016 April 7, “Edjanga Ndjoli Jones presentará en Valencia su libro ”Heredarás la Tierra””, in Diario Rombe, 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)
  2. Synonym of concha de peregrino

References

  1. ^ 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

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