faneca

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic فَنِيقَة (fanīqah, “sack”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fəˈnɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈne.ka]

Noun

faneca f (plural faneques)

1. (historical) a unit of dry measure equivalent to 8 or 12 almuds and varying from anywhere between 10 and 43 litres

Derived terms

• fanecada
• fanecot

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Galician faneca.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [faˈne.ka]

Noun

faneca f (plural faneques)

1. pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Further reading

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

Galician

Trisopterus luscus Gervais

Etymology

Perhaps from fanar (“to make blunt; to mutilate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [faˈnɛkɐ]

Noun

faneca f (plural fanecas)

1. pouting (Trisopterus luscus) (fish)

Derived terms

• faneca brava

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “faneca”, 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), “faneca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “faneca”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “faneca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /faˈneka/ [faˈne.ka]
• Rhymes: -eka
• Syllabification: fa‧ne‧ca

Noun

faneca f (plural fanecas)

1. pouting (Trisopterus luscus)

Further reading

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