pinçanàs

Catalan

Etymology

Calque of French pince-nez. By surface analysis, pinça (“pinches”) +‎ nas (“nose”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌpin.səˈnas]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌpin.saˈnas]

Noun

pinçanàs m pl (plural only)

pince-nez

Hypernyms

ulleres

Further reading

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

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