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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish yunque, with metathesis from incue, itself from Vulgar Latin *incŭde, from Latin incūdem.[1] The Old Spanish term, like the Latin etymon, was feminine. In the early modern period, a variant ayunque appeared, due to reanalysis with the article (la yunque > el ayunque), producing the complete change in gender observed in the modern form.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝunke/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃunke/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒunke/
- Rhymes: -unke
- Syllabification: yun‧que
Noun
yunque m (plural yunques)
- anvil
- Synonyms: bigornia, macho
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