trenza
See also: trenzá
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈtɾenθa/ [ˈt̪ɾẽn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈtɾensa/ [ˈt̪ɾẽn.sa]
- (Spain) Rhymes: -enθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -ensa
- Syllabification: tren‧za
Etymology 1 edit
Probably a blend of Old French tresce (“tress”) and trena (“sash”) (Vulgar Latin *trena << Latin trina (“triple”)). Possibly influenced by tres (“three”). Compare French tresse, Italian treccia.
Noun edit
trenza f (plural trenzas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
trenza
- inflection of trenzar:
References edit
- Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- “trenza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014