angula

See also: Angula

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Basque angula, from Latin anguilla. Doublet of anguila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋˈɡu.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aŋˈɡu.la]

Noun

angula f (plural angules)

1. elver, baby eel

   Synonym: anguiló

Further reading

• “angula” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Esperanto

Etymology

angulo +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

angula (accusative singular angulan, plural angulaj, accusative plural angulajn)

1. corner

   angula tableto / angula ŝtono

   a little corner table / a corner stone

2. angular
   • Henri Vallienne, Kastelo de Prelongo, Ĉapitro 16,

     la adorindaj rondaĵoj de la membroj estis anstataŭigitaj de la akraj kaj angulaj formoj de la progresema malgrasiĝado.

     the adorable plumpness of the limbs had been replaced by the sharp, angular shapes of progressive weight loss.

   • Cecil Bean (translator), “La flugantaj steloj” (“The Flying Stars”) in La Naiveco de Pastro Brown (The Innocence of Father Brown) by G. K. Chesterton,

     La persono rajdante la ĝardenmuron kiel aera ĉevalo estis longa, angula junulo, kun nigra hararo hirta kiel broso [...]

     The individual riding the party wall like an aerial horse was a tall, angular young man, with dark hair sticking up like a hair brush

Synonyms

• (angular): anguleca

Latin

Verb

angulā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of angulō

References

• angula in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Portuguese

Verb

angula

1. inflection of angular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Basque angula, from Latin anguilla. Doublet of anguila.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡula/ [ãŋˈɡu.la]

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ula
• Syllabification: an‧gu‧la

Noun

angula f (plural angulas)

1. elver, baby eel

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

angula

1. inflection of angular:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative