winchester

See also: Winchester

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English Winchester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wint.ʃɛs.tɛʁ/

Noun

winchester f (plural winchesters)

1. Winchester (rifle)

Further reading

• “winchester”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English Winchester.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwint͡ʃesteɾ/ [ˈwĩnʲ.t͡ʃes.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -intʃesteɾ
• Syllabification: win‧ches‧ter

Noun

winchester m (plural winchesteres)

1. Winchester (rifle)

Usage notes

• often, but not always, capitalized as Winchester
• occasionally found as a feminine noun
• According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.