zanca

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Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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From Latin zancha.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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zanca f (plural zancas)

  1. leg; thigh
  2. hip (of a roof)

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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zanca f (plural zancas)

  1. a large extension of walled woodland

References

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin zancha (a kind of shoe), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): */ˈd͡zan.ka/
  • Rhymes: -anka
  • Hyphenation: zàn‧ca

Noun

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zanca f (plural zanche) (obsolete, regional)

  1. (obsolete) leg
  2. (obsolete, in the plural) stilts

Further reading

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  • zanca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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zanca f (genitive zancae); first declension

  1. Alternative spelling of zancha (kind of soft Parthian shoe)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative zanca zancae
Genitive zancae zancārum
Dative zancae zancīs
Accusative zancam zancās
Ablative zancā zancīs
Vocative zanca zancae

Spanish

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Etymology

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From Late Latin zanca (kind of shoe), from Parthian.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈθanka/ [ˈθãŋ.ka]
  • IPA(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /ˈsanka/ [ˈsãŋ.ka]
  • Rhymes: -anka
  • Syllabification: zan‧ca

Noun

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zanca f (plural zancas)

  1. leg of a bird
  2. (colloquial) long, thin leg of a human

Derived terms

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Further reading

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