caneca
Galician
Etymology
Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano + -eca, from Latin canna.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnɛka/
Noun
caneca f (plural canecas)
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caneca”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “caneca”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Germanic; cognate with can, or from cano + -eca, from Latin canna.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnɛ.kɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kaˈnɛ.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kɐˈnɛ.kɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɛkɐ
- Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧ca
Noun
caneca f (plural canecas)
Descendants
References
- ^ “caneca”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
- ^ “caneca”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese caneca.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈneka/ [kaˈne.ka]
- Rhymes: -eka
- Syllabification: ca‧ne‧ca
Noun
caneca f (plural canecas)
- gin flask
- any of a number of types of containers
- (Colombia) trash (container into which things are discarded; trash can)
- (Colombia) can (cylindrical vessel for liquids, usually of steel or aluminium)
Derived terms
Adjective
caneca f
- feminine singular of caneco
Further reading
- “caneca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024