encía
See also: -encia and -ência
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish enzia, from Latin gingīva, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Spain) /enˈθia/ [ẽn̟ˈθi.a]
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /enˈsia/ [ẽnˈsi.a]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ia
- Syllabification: en‧cí‧a
Noun
encía f (plural encías)
- (usually in the plural, anatomy) gum
Related terms
- gingival
- gingivitis
Further reading
- “encía”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014