hornacina

Spanish

Etymology

From horno +‎ -ina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Spain) /oɾnaˈθina/ [oɾ.naˈθi.na]
IPA^(key): (Latin America) /oɾnaˈsina/ [oɾ.naˈsi.na]
Rhymes: -ina
Syllabification: hor‧na‧ci‧na

Noun

hornacina f (plural hornacinas)

recess (inset)
- 2015 September 25, “Solo cuatro comunidades permiten usar desfibriladores a los no expertos”, in El País‎:
  En una hornacina, el establecimiento tiene un desfibrilador.
  In a niche, the building has a defibrillator.
(architecture) niche

Further reading

“hornacina”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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