varenga

Borrowed from Occitan varenga, from French varangue, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangō via Norse. Related to English wrong.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈɾɛŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈɾəŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [vaˈɾeŋ.ɡa]

varenga f (plural varengues)

1. (nautical) rib, strut
2. (construction) floor timber

• “varenga”, 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

From Middle French warengue, from Old Norse vrong (“rib of a sheep”).^[1][2] Cognate with French varangue.

• IPA^(key): /baˈɾɛŋɡa̝/

varenga f (plural varengas)

1. (nautical) bilge (the rounded portion of a ship's hull)
2. (nautical) rib

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “varenga”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “varenga”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “varenga”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN