almena

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈmena/ [alˈme.na]
• Rhymes: -ena
• Syllabification: al‧me‧na

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Andalusian Arabic الْـ (al-)

Proto-Indo-European *men-

Proto-Italic *menā

Proto-Italic *(eks)menāder.

Latin minae

Spanish almena

From Andalusian Arabic الْـ (al-, definite article) + Latin minae (“merlons”).

Noun

almena f (plural almenas)

1. (architecture) merlon, battlement

   Synonym: merlón

Derived terms

• almenado
• almenaje
• almenar

Etymology 2

Verb

almena

1. inflection of almenar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “almena”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Anagrams

• alemán