onza
English
Etymology 1
From Spanish onza (“ounce, Spanish ounce”), from Latin ū̆ncia. Doublet of a, one, inch, uncia, onça, oka, ouguiya, and awqiyyah.
Noun
onza (plural onzas)
- (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of mass, equivalent to about 28.76 g.
Synonyms
- Spanish ounce, ounce (Spanish contexts)
Coordinate terms
Etymology 2
From Spanish onza, from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of ounce.
Noun
onza (plural onzas)
- (cryptozoology) A cryptid in Mexican folklore said to be similar to a cougar or jaguarundi but especially aggressive.
Synonyms
Galician
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈonθa/ [ˈõn̟.θa]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈonsa/ [ˈõn.sa]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - (Spain) Rhymes: -onθa
- (Latin America) Rhymes: -onsa
- Syllabification: on‧za
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin uncia (“unit, 1⁄12 Roman pound”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one”). As an English unit, a calque of ounce. Cognate with Galician onza, Portuguese onça, Catalan unça, French once, Italian oncia, and English ounce and inch.
Noun
onza f (plural onzas)
Coordinate terms
- (English unit of mass): grano (2⁄875 or 1⁄480 onza), libra (16 onzas)
- (English unit of liquid volume): gill (4 or 5 onzas), pinta (16 or 20 onzas), cuarto (32 or 40 onzas), galón (128 or 160 onzas), barril (4,032 onzas)
- (Spanish unit of mass): grano (1⁄576 onza), tomín (1⁄48 onza), escrúpulo (1⁄24 onza), adarme (1⁄16 onza), ochava (1⁄8 onza), castellano (1⁄6 onza), cuarterón (4 onzas), marco (8 onzas), libra (16 onzas)
Derived terms
- onza líquida
- onza troy
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French once, from Old French lonce (“lynx”) by false division assuming the l was an article, from Italian lonza, from Latin lynx, from Ancient Greek λύγξ (lúnx, “lynx”). Doublet of lince.
Noun
onza f (plural onzas)
- (dated) ounce (any large wild feline)
- Synonym of leopardo de las nieves
- (Cryptozoology, Mexico) onza (a cryptid feline in Mexican folklore)
Further reading
- “onza”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014