bigorna

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bigornas, bigornât

Verb

bigorna

1. third-person singular past historic of bigorner

Portuguese

bigorna

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bicŏrnĭa (“anvil”), from Latin bicornis (“two-horned”), from bi- (“two”) + cornī (“horns”), nominalized in the feminine with -a. Cognate with Spanish bigornia, Galician bigorna, French bigorne, early modern Italian bicornia, Andalusian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Algerian Arabic بقرنية (buqurnīya).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɻ.nɐ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/ [biˈɣɔɾ.nɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/ [biˈɣɔɾ.nɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁnɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾnɐ

Noun

bigorna f (plural bigornas)

1. anvil (block used in blacksmithing)
2. anvil (ear bone)

Derived terms

• abigornado
• estar entre o martelo e a bigorna

Further reading

• “bigorna”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “bigorna”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “bigorna”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “bigorna”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026