bigòrnia
Catalan
Alternative forms
- bicòrnia, picòrnia
Etymology
From Old Catalan bigòrnia, bicòrnia, from a Vulgar Latin *bicŏrnĭa (“anvil”), from Latin bicornis (“two-horned”) nominalized in the feminine with -a.
Noun
bigòrnia f (plural bigòrnies)
- A type of small double-horned anvil used mainly by blacksmiths and tinsmiths.
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Further reading
- “bigòrnia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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