forqueta

Catalan

Noun

forqueta f (plural forquetes)

1. fork (cutlery)

Synonyms

• forquilla

Related terms

• forca

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Galician

Alternative forms

• furqueta

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈketa̝/

Noun

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 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

Related terms

• forca

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forqueta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forqueta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Etymology

From forca +‎ -eta, from Latin furca. Compare French fourchette.

Noun

forqueta f (plural forquetas)

1. (dated) fork

   Synonym: tenedor

Further reading

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