fervenza

Galician

fervenza (Ézaro, Galicia)

Alternative forms

• fervença (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Latin ferventia (“boiling”), or ferver +‎ -enza. It's perhaps a calque of Celtic.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /feɾˈbɛnθa/ [feɾˈβ̞ɛn̪.θɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /feɾˈbɛnθa/ [feɾˈβ̞ɛn̪.θɐ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /feɾˈbɛnsa/ [feɾˈβ̞ɛn.sɐ]

 

• Rhymes: -ɛnθa

• Rhymes: -ɛnθa
• Rhymes: -ɛnsa

• Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧za

Noun

fervenza f (plural fervenzas)

1. waterfall

   Synonyms: cachón, cadoiro, cenza, freixa

Derived terms

• Fervenza

 

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ferven”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fervenza”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fervenza”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fervenza”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN