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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French quille.
Pronunciation
Noun
quilla f (plural quilles)
- keel
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Middle French quille, probably from Old Norse.[1]
Pronunciation
Noun
quilla f (plural quillas)
- (nautical) keel
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quilla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quilla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quilla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French quille.
Noun
quilla f (plural quillas)
- (nautical) keel
Derived terms
Further reading