empeine

From Spanish empeine, from Latin impetigo, impetiginem.

empéine

1. herpes

• IPA^(key): /emˈpeine/ [ẽmˈpei̯.ne]
• Rhymes: -eine
• Syllabification: em‧pei‧ne

From en- (“in-”) +‎ peine (“comb”), because of its similarity to a comb.

empeine m (plural empeines)

1. (anatomy) instep
2. upper (of footwear)

Inherited from Latin impetīgō. Doublet of the borrowed impétigo.

empeine m (plural empeines)

1. (pathology, dermatology) dermatophytosis, ringworm
   • 1915, Julio Vicuña Cifuentes, Mitos y Supersticiones Recogidos de la Tradición Oral Chilena, page 293:

     Si un huanaco escupe a una persona, le salen a ésta muchas verrugas. En otras provincias dicen que salen empeines.

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• “empeine”, 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