varenga
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Occitan varenga, from French varangue, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangō via Norse. Related to English wrong.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
varenga f (plural varengues)
- (nautical) rib, strut
- (construction) floor timber
Further reading edit
- “varenga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Middle French warengue, from Old Norse vrong (“rib of a sheep”).[1][2] Cognate with French varangue.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
varenga f (plural varengas)
References edit
- “varenga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “varenga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “varenga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. varenga.
- ^ “varangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.