forqueta

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From forca +‎ -eta.

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Noun[edit]

forqueta f (plural forquetes)

  1. fork, fourchette

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Galician[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Attested since the 15th century. From forca (pitchfork) +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

forqueta m (plural forquetas)

  1. pole, stake
    • 1427, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 308:
      Et auemos uos a dar para la dita vinna duzentos linoos et çen pees de vinna et dose par et hun de brancas para hun çento de forquetas para reparamento dela
      And we shall give to you, for said vineyard, two hundred strings and a hundred vines and twelve pairs and one of white coinage for a hundred stakes for repairment of it
    Synonyms: estaca, forca
  2. small pitchfork
    Synonyms: forca, forcada
  3. fork
    Synonym: garfo

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References[edit]

  • forqueta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • forqueta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • forqueta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • forqueta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Spanish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Spanish forca +‎ -eta, the first element from Latin furca. Doublet of horqueta, if not simply the obsolete version of it. Compare French fourchette.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /foɾˈketa/ [foɾˈke.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -eta
  • Syllabification: for‧que‧ta

Noun[edit]

forqueta f (plural forquetas)

  1. (dated) fork
    Synonym: tenedor

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