arenque

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Spanish arenque, from Old Occitan arenc or Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.

Noun

arenque m (plural arenques)

1. herring

Further reading

• “arenque”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from Old Spanish arenque, from Old Occitan arenc or Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾẽ.ki/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾẽ.ki/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈɾẽ.ke/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈɾẽ.kɨ/

• Hyphenation: a‧ren‧que

Noun

arenque m (plural arenques)

1. herring

Further reading

• “arenque” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “arenque” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish arenque, from Old Occitan arenc or Old French hareng, from Late Latin haringus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈɾenke/ [aˈɾẽŋ.ke]
• Rhymes: -enke
• Syllabification: a‧ren‧que

Noun

arenque m (plural arenques)

1. herring

Derived terms

• rey de los arenques

 

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “arenque”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes I (A–Ca), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 322

Further reading

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