bengala

From Bengala (“Bengal”), the source of this cane. The sense of "flare" comes from the shortening of llum de bengala.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəŋˈɡa.lə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beŋˈɡa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: ben‧ga‧la

bengala f (plural bengales)

1. cane (material used to make staffs)
2. cane, staff

   Synonym: bastó

3. clipping of llum de bengala (“Bengal light”)
4. flare (pyrotechnic)
5. (military) flare (countermeasure)

• “bengala”, 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

• Rhymes: -ala
• Hyphenation: ben‧ga‧la

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. flare (light signal)

• “bengala”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

From Portuguese bengala.

bengala

1. cane
2. walking stick

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN

From Bengala, a region in South Asia.

• Rhymes: -alɐ
• Homophone: Bengala
• Hyphenation: ben‧ga‧la

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. stick (cane or walking stick)

   Synonyms: bastão, porrete, cacete

• “bengala”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “bengala”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /benˈɡala/ [bẽŋˈɡa.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: ben‧ga‧la

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. flare (light signal)

bengala f (plural bengalas)

1. Bengal (cat breed)

• “bengala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024