ancla

See also: anclá

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankla/ [ˈaŋ.kla]
• Rhymes: -ankla
• Hyphenation: an‧cla

Noun

ancla f (plural ancles)

1. anchor

Related terms

• anclar

Chavacano

Etymology

From Spanish ancla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankla/, [ˈãŋ.kla]
• Hyphenation: an‧cla

Noun

ancla

1. anchor

Spanish

ancla

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). Doublet of áncora.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈankla/ [ˈãŋ.kla]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -ankla
• Syllabification: an‧cla

Noun

ancla f (plural anclas)

1. anchor

   Synonym: áncora

Usage notes

• Before feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like ancla, the singular definite article takes the form of el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el ancla. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al ancla, del ancla.

This also applies to the indefinite article, which takes the form of un, which is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una also occurs): un ancla or una ancla. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) are used: la mejor ancla, una buena ancla.

• In these cases, el and un are not masculine but feminine, deriving from Latin illa and una, respectively, even though they are identical in form to the corresponding masculine singular articles. Thus, they are allomorphs of the feminine singular articles la and una.
• The use of these allomorphs does not change the gender agreement of the adjectives modifying the feminine noun: el ancla única, un(a) ancla buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine plural articles and determiners (las, unas, etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• ancla de leva
• anclar
• caña del ancla
• cepo del ancla

Descendants

• Chavacano: ancla
• → Bikol Central: angkla
• → Cebuano: angkla
• → Ilocano: angkla
• → Kapampangan: ángkla
• → Tagalog: angkla

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ancla

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

Further reading

• “ancla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Umbrian

The spelling of this entry has been normalized according to the principles established by Wiktionary's editor community or recent spelling standards of the language.

Noun

ancla (late Iguvine)

1. Alternative form of anglaf

References

• Buck, Carl Darling (1904) A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary
• Poultney, James Wilson (1959) The Bronze Tables of Iguvium‎^[1], Baltimore: American Philological Association