acea

See also: -acea and -ácea

Galician

A Galician acea or muíño ("water mill")

Acea ("tide mill")

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَانِيَة (sāniya). Attested from the 13th century (azea). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈθea̝/

Noun

acea f (plural aceas)

1. tide mill
2. water mill with a vertical water wheel

   Synonym: muíño

Usage notes

If the water mill has a horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.

Derived terms

• Acea
• Acea de Ama

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “azea”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “acea”, 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), “acea”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “acea”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• "acea" in Lorenzo Fernández, Secundino, Dicionario fluvial.

Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈt͡ʃe̯a/

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• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: a‧cea

Determiner

acea

1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of acel

   Synonym: (informal) aia

See also

• această