anguila

See also: Anguila

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin anguīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡila/, [ãŋˈɡi.la]

Noun

anguila f (plural anguiles)

1. eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin anguīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈɡi.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [aŋˈɡi.la]

• Audio

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Noun

anguila f (plural anguiles)

1. eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)

Derived terms

• anguila elèctrica
• anguilejar
• anguilenc
• anguiló

 

Related terms

• angula

Further reading

• “anguila” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “anguila”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “anguila” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “anguila” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aŋˈɡɥila/

Noun

anguila f (plural anguile)

1. eel

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin anguilla, from Proto-Indo-European *angh- (“water-worm, eel”). Doublet of angula.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡila/ [ãŋˈɡi.la]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ila
• Syllabification: an‧gui‧la

Noun

anguila f (plural anguilas)

1. eel

Derived terms

• anguila eléctrica
• anguila europea

 

Related terms

• Anguila
• angula

 

Further reading

• “anguila”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014