varenga

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈɾɛŋ.ɡə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [vəˈɾəŋ.ɡə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [vaˈɾeŋ.ɡa]

Noun

varenga f (plural varengues)

(nautical) rib, strut
(construction) floor timber

Further reading

“varenga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈɾɛŋɡa̝/

Noun

varenga f (plural varengas)

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

References

“varenga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“varenga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“varenga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. varenga.
“varangue”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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