tanca

See also: tańca, tancà, and tança

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ˈtaŋ.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈtaŋ.ka]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Etymology 1

Deverbal from tancar (“to close”).

Noun

tanca f (plural tanques)

1. fence

   Synonym: (Castilianism) valla

2. (athletics) hurdle
3. (field hockey or ice hockey) barrier, boards
4. fastener, clasp
5. latch, bolt (of a door)

Derived terms

• tanca elèctrica (“electric fence”)
• tanca viva (“hedgerow”)

Etymology 2

Verb

tanca

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

Further reading

• “tanca”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “tanca”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ka/
• Rhymes: -anka
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ca

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English tank.

Noun

tanca f (plural tanche)

1. tank (water or fuel)
2. jerry can

Synonyms

• tanica

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sardinian [Term?], from Catalan tanca (“fence”).

Noun

tanca f (plural tanche)

1. (Sardinia) an enclosed piece of land
   • 1900, Grazia Deledda, Elias Portolu‎^[1], NOR, published 2016, →ISBN, Chapter IV:

     Ecco, ora Elias è finalmente nella sconfinata solitudine della tanca, animata solo da qualche grido, da qualche fischio di pastore, dal tintinnio delle greggie e dal muggito degli armenti.

     Here, Elias is now finally in the boundless solitude of the tanca, only animated by some shouts, some whistling of shepherds, the flocks' tinkling and the mooing of cattle herds.

Anagrams

• canta

Portuguese

Verb

tanca

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

Vilamovian

Etymology

From Middle High German tanzen, from Middle Dutch dansen.

Verb

tanca

1. to dance

Related terms

• tanc