bigorna

French

Pronunciation

Verb

bigorna

  1. third-person singular past historic of bigorner

Portuguese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bicŏrnĭa (anvil), from Latin bicornis (two-horned), from bi- (two) + cornī (horns), nominalized in the feminine with -a. Cognate with Spanish bigornia, Galician bigorna, French bigorne, early modern Italian bicornia, Andalusian Arabic, Moroccan Arabic, and Algerian Arabic بقرنية (buqurnīya).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/ [biˈɡɔɦ.nɐ]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /biˈɡɔʁ.nɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /biˈɡɔɻ.na/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /biˈɡɔɾ.nɐ/ [biˈɣɔɾ.nɐ]

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɔʁnɐ, (Portugal) -ɔɾnɐ

Noun

bigorna f (plural bigornas)

  1. anvil (block used in blacksmithing)
  2. anvil (ear bone)

Derived terms

  • abigornado
  • estar entre o martelo e a bigorna

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