See also: -acea and -ácea

Galician

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A Galician acea or muíño ("water mill")
 
Acea ("tide mill")

Etymology

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Borrowed from Arabic سَانِيَة (sāniya). Attested from the 13th century (azea). Cognate with Portuguese azenha, Spanish aceña, Catalan sínia, Basque azenia.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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acea f (plural aceas)

  1. tide mill
  2. water mill with a vertical water wheel
    Synonym: muíño

Usage notes

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If the water mill has a horizontal wheel or turbine, then it is a muíño.

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “aceña”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Romanian

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Etymology

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From Vulgar Latin *eccum illa, feminine singular of *eccum ille, from Latin eccum + ille.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aˈt͡ʃe̯a/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -a
  • Hyphenation: a‧cea

Determiner

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acea

  1. nominative/accusative feminine singular of acel
    Synonym: (informal) aia

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