lisca

See also: lišća

Galician

Etymology 1

Perhaps from Germanic, or either from a substrate language.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈliskɐ]

Noun

lisca f (plural liscas)

  1. chip; splinter; shaving
    Synonyms: labra, lasca, para

References

  1. Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “lasca”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Verb

lisca

  1. inflection of liscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin līsca, possibly from a Germanic source; see French laîche. Compare German Liesch, Luxembourgish Lëtsch (reed).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈli.ska/
  • Rhymes: -iska
  • Hyphenation: lì‧sca

Noun

lisca f (plural lische)

  1. fishbone (individual, or the complete spine)
  2. (textiles) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp

Further reading

  • lisca in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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