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Galician
Etymology 1
From Latin zancha.
Pronunciation
Noun
zanca f (plural zancas)
- leg; thigh
- hip (of a roof)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
zanca f (plural zancas)
- a large extension of walled woodland
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “zanca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “zanca”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “zanca”, 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), “zanca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “zanca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Italian
Etymology
From Latin zancha (a kind of shoe), from Parthian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.ka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Hyphenation: zàn‧ca
Noun
zanca f (plural zanche) (obsolete, regional)
- (obsolete) leg
- (obsolete, in the plural) stilts
Further reading
- zanca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
Noun
zanca f (genitive zancae); first declension
- Alternative spelling of zancha (“kind of soft Parthian shoe”)
Declension
First-declension noun.
Spanish
Etymology
From Late Latin zanca (“kind of shoe”), from Parthian.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθanka/
- IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsanka/
- Rhymes: -anka
- Syllabification: zan‧ca
Noun
zanca f (plural zancas)
- leg of a bird
- (colloquial) long, thin leg of a human
Derived terms
Further reading