luneta
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luneta f (diminutive lunetka)
- (optics) spyglass (portable telescope)
- (architecture) lunette (crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door)
Declension edit
Declension of luneta
Derived terms edit
adjective
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French lunette.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -etɐ
- Hyphenation: lu‧ne‧ta
Noun edit
luneta f (plural lunetas)
- spyglass (portable telescope)
References edit
- ^ “luneta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “luneta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From luna (“moon”) + -eta (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luneta f (plural lunetas)
- lens
- Synonym: lente
- box (seating compartment in a theater)
- Synonym: butaca
- (architecture) lunette
- (candy, Mexico) a lens-shaped colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery
Further reading edit
- “luneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014