faneca

Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [fəˈnɛ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [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): (Valencian) [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

• “faneca” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “faneca” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “faneca” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• 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