ginebra
See also:Ginebra
Catalan
editEtymology
editFirst attested in 1868; formally the feminine ofginebre, but possibly taken as an adaptation ofFrenchgenièvre orEnglishgeneva(“gin”),[1] cf. alsojenever.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edit- gin
- 1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter,Camins de França:
- Era una beguda forta, comginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.
- (pleaseadd an English translation of this quotation)
Descendants
edit- →? Spanish:ginebra
References
edit- ^“ginebra”, inGran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana,Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana,2025.
Further reading
edit- “ginebra”, inDiccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition,Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan:Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
- “ginebra” inDiccionari normatiu valencià,Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “ginebra” inDiccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed fromFrenchgenièvre(“juniper”),[1] or possiblyCatalanginebra,[2] itself either fromginebre, or taken fromFrenchgeneva orEnglishgeneva.Doublet ofenebro.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editDescendants
editReferences
edit- ^“ginebra”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
- ^Joan Coromines,José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ginebra”, inDiccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Further reading
edit- “ginebra”, inDiccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8,Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish:Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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