lienzo
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old Spanish lienço, from Latin linteum. It is not entirely clear why the Spanish form has the diphthong /je/, but there might have existed an early variant lĕnteum.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈljenθo/ [ˈljẽn̟.θo]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈljenso/ [ˈljẽn.so]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -enθo
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -enso
- Syllabification: lien‧zo
Noun edit
lienzo m (plural lienzos)
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
References edit
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “lienzo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 646
Further reading edit
- “lienzo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014