castañeta

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish castañeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑstaˈɲetɐ]

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. castanet

Etymology 2

18th century, from castañola, from Catalan castanyola, with suffix change. Compare also French castagnole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑstaˈɲetɐ]

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. (zoology) Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)

Related terms

• castaña

References

• “castañeta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “castañeta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “castañeta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish

Etymology

From castaña (“chestnut”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kastaˈɲeta/ [kas.t̪aˈɲe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ñe‧ta

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. castanet
2. click; clicking; snap; snapping (of the finger)

Derived terms

• castañetear

 

Descendants

• → Czech: kastaněty
• → English: castanet
• → Estonian: kastanjett
• → French: castagnette
  • → Dutch: castagnet
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kastanjett
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kastanjett
• → Finnish: kastanjetit
• → Hungarian: kasztanyetta
• → Irish: castainéid
• → Italian: castagnetta
• → Japanese: カスタネット
• → Macedonian: кастане́ти (kastanéti)
• → Polish: kastaniety
• → Romanian: castanietă
• → Russian: кастаньета (kastanʹjeta)

Further reading

• “castañeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014