castañeta

Galician

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish castañeta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑstaˈɲetɐ]

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. castanet

Etymology 2

18th century, from castañola, from Catalan castanyola, with suffix change. Compare also French castagnole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɑstaˈɲetɐ]

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. (zoology) Atlantic pomfret (Brama brama)

Related terms

• castaña

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “castañeta”, 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), “castañeta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “castañeta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From castaña (“chestnut”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kastaˈɲeta/ [kas.t̪aˈɲe.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: cas‧ta‧ñe‧ta

Noun

castañeta f (plural castañetas)

1. castanet
2. click; clicking; snap; snapping (of the finger)

Derived terms

• castañetear

 

Descendants

• → Czech: kastaněty
• → English: castanet
• → Estonian: kastanjett
• → French: castagnette
  • → Dutch: castagnet
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: kastanjett
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: kastanjett
• → Finnish: kastanjetit
• → Hungarian: kasztanyetta
• → Irish: castainéid
• → Italian: castagnetta
• → Japanese: カスタネット
• → Macedonian: кастане́ти (kastanéti)
• → Polish: kastaniety
• → Romanian: castanietă
• → Russian: кастаньета (kastanʹjeta)

Further reading

• “castañeta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10