gineta

• Rhymes: -etɐ
• Hyphenation: gi‧ne‧ta

Uncertain. Maybe from Spanish jineta or from Arabic.

gineta f (plural ginetas)

1. common genet (Genetta genetta)

Alteration of ginete, from Arabic زَنَاتِيّ (zanātiyy).

gineta f (plural ginetas)

1. (equestrianism) short stirrup riding

• “gineta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
• “gineta”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025

Uncertain. Maybe borrowed from Old Occitan geneta, and that from Old Occitan jana. Related with the Sardinian jana.

• IPA^(key): /xiˈneta/ [xiˈne.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: gi‧ne‧ta

gineta f (plural ginetas)

1. alternative form of jineta (the mammal)

• “gineta”, 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