renque

Galician

Alternative forms

• rengue

Etymology

Attested since 1514. Ultimately from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreŋkɪ]

Noun

renque m (plural renques)

1. windrow
2. row

   Synonyms: fila, liña, rea, ringleira, riola

References

• “renque” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “renque” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “rengue” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “renque” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “renque” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “rengue” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Catalan renc (“rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈhẽ.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈhẽ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈχẽ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ke/ [ˈhẽ.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.kɨ/

Noun

renque m or (dated) f (plural renques)

1. row (line of evenly spaced people or objects)

   Synonyms: linha, fileira, fila