yunque

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish yunque, with metathesis from incue, itself from Vulgar Latin *incŭde, from Latin incūdem.[1] The Old Spanish term, like the Latin etymon, was feminine. In the early modern period, a variant ayunque appeared, due to reanalysis with the article (la yunque > el ayunque), producing the complete change in gender observed in the modern form.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝunke/ [ˈɟ͡ʝũŋ.ke]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃunke/ [ˈʃũŋ.ke]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒunke/ [ˈʒũŋ.ke]

  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -unke
  • Syllabification: yun‧que

Noun

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yunque m (plural yunques)

  1. anvil
    Synonyms: bigornia, macho

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “yunque”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Further reading

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