bigòrnia

Catalan

Alternative forms

• bicòrnia, picòrnia

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan bigòrnia, bicòrnia, from a Vulgar Latin *bicŏrnĭa (“anvil”), from Latin bicornis (“two-horned”) nominalized in the feminine with -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [biˈɣɔr.ni.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [biˈɣɔɾ.ni.a]

Noun

bigòrnia f (plural bigòrnies)

1. a type of small double-horned anvil used mainly by blacksmiths and tinsmiths

Hypernyms

• enclusa

Related terms

• corn

Further reading

• “bigòrnia” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.