bigorna

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bigornas, bigornât

Verb

bigorna

1. third-person singular past historic of bigorner

Portuguese

bigorna

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bicŏrnĭa (“anvil”), from Latin bicornis (“two-horned”), from bi- (“two”) + cornī (“horns”), nominalized in the feminine with -a. Cognate with Spanish bigornia, Galician bigorna, French bigorne, early modern Italian bicornia, Andalusian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Algerian Arabic بقرنية (buqurnīya).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɻ.na/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/ [biˈɣɔɾ.nɐ]

Noun

bigorna f (plural bigornas)

1. anvil (block used in blacksmithing)
2. anvil (ear bone)

Related terms

• (1) ferreiro, metalurgia
• (2) ouvido, osso, martelo, estribo