bengala
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Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bengala (“Bengal”), the source of this cane. The sense of "flare" comes from the shortening of llum de bengala.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bengala f (plural bengales)
- cane (material used to make staffs)
- cane, staff
- Synonym: bastó
- Clipping of llum de bengala (“Bengal light”).
- flare (pyrotechnic)
- (military) flare (countermeasure)
Further reading[edit]
- “bengala” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bengala f (plural bengalas)
- flare (light signal)
Further reading[edit]
- “bengala” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
Kabuverdianu[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese bengala.
Noun[edit]
bengala
References[edit]
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
Portuguese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Bengala, a region in South Asia.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
bengala f (plural bengalas)
Derived terms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
bengala f (plural bengalas)
- flare (light signal)
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
bengala f (plural bengalas)
- Bengal (cat breed)
Further reading[edit]
- “bengala”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan lemmas
- Catalan nouns
- Catalan countable nouns
- Catalan feminine nouns
- Catalan clippings
- ca:Military
- ca:Fire
- ca:Light sources
- ca:Natural materials
- ca:Tools
- Galician lemmas
- Galician nouns
- Galician countable nouns
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- Kabuverdianu terms derived from Portuguese
- Kabuverdianu lemmas
- Kabuverdianu nouns
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alɐ
- Rhymes:Portuguese/alɐ/3 syllables
- Portuguese terms with homophones
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese countable nouns
- Portuguese feminine nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ala
- Rhymes:Spanish/ala/3 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish countable nouns
- Spanish feminine nouns
- es:Cats