tanca
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Deverbal from tancar (“to close”).
Noun edit
tanca f (plural tanques)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tanca
- inflection of tancar:
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tanca f (plural tanche)
Synonyms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Sardinian [Term?], from Catalan tanca (“fence”).
Noun edit
tanca f (plural tanche)
- (Sardinia) an enclosed piece of land
- 1900, Grazia Deledda, Elias Portolu[1], NOR, published 2016, →ISBN, Chapter IV:
- Ecco, ora Elias è finalmente nella sconfinata solitudine della tanca, animata solo da qualche grido, da qualche fischio di pastore, dal tintinnio delle greggie e dal muggito degli armenti.
- Here, Elias is now finally in the boundless solitude of the tanca, only animated by some shouts, some whistling of shepherds, the flocks' tinkling and the mooing of cattle herds.
Anagrams edit
Vilamovian edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German tanzen, from Middle Dutch dansen.
Verb edit
tanca
- to dance