xarnera

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French charnière (“hinge”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʃərˈne.ɾə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [t͡ʃaɾˈne.ɾa]

Noun

xarnera f (plural xarneres)

(dialectal) hinge (device that allows a door to pivot)
Synonyms: frontissa, blegadissa
(anatomy) hinge (ligament connecting the two parts of a bivalve shell)
(geology) fold hinge

Further reading

“xarnera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“xarnera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“xarnera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.