quincalla
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Old French quincaille, of onomatopoeic origin.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quincalla f (plural quincalles)
- trinkets, low-value metalware
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Bufava el vent i em va arribar un soroll de quincalla.
- The wind blew and I heard the sound of metalware.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quincalla” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since the 19th century. Ultimately from French quincaille, from clincaille, onomatopoeic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]quincalla f (plural quincallas)
- (collective) low-value hardware
- (collective, figurative) junk
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “quincalla”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “quincalla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “quincalla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
[edit]Noun
[edit]quincalla f (plural quincallas)
- low-value metalware
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “quincalla”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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