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fervenza

Galician edit

 
fervenza (Ézaro, Galicia)

Etymology edit

From Latin ferventia (“boiling”), or ferver +‎ -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /feɾˈβɛnθa̝/, (western) /feɾˈβɛnsa̝/

Noun edit

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

  1. waterfall
    Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • “ferven” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fervenza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fervenza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “fervenza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “hervir”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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