álabe
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain. Perhaps Latin ālipēs (“winged”) or alapa (“blow, smack”).[1][2] Compare Romanian aripă (“vane”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
álabe m (plural álabes)
- olive branch bent down and reaching the ground
- any of the force-transmitting elements of a propelling wheel in a water-mill, flier, vane
- turbine blade
- tappet on a fulling wheel
- a barrier such as a mat on the side of a carriage so he who drives it does not fall out
- sides of a target or shield
- Synonym: alabez
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Basque: alabezki
References edit
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “álabe”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 100
- ^ Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1907) Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie, volume 31, pages 582–586
Further reading edit
- “álabe”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014