encunyar

First attested in 1640.^[1] Derived from cuny, itself from Latin cuneus (although it was attested late, in 1696^[2]). Cf. also Latin cuneo, cuneare.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əŋ.kuˈɲa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eŋ.kuˈɲaɾ]

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• Rhymes: -a(ɾ)

encunyar (first-person singular present encunyo, first-person singular preterite encunyí, past participle encunyat)

1. to coin (word or expression)
2. to mint (money)

• “encunyar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “encunyar” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “encunyar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.