luneta
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from French lunette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈnɛ.ta/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛta
- Syllabification: lu‧ne‧ta
Noun
luneta f (diminutive lunetka)
- (optics) spyglass (portable telescope)
- (architecture) lunette (crescent-shaped recess or void in the space above a window or door)
Declension
Declension of luneta
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | luneta | lunety |
| genitive | lunety | lunet |
| dative | lunecie | lunetom |
| accusative | lunetę | lunety |
| instrumental | lunetą | lunetami |
| locative | lunecie | lunetach |
| vocative | luneto | lunety |
Derived terms
adjective
- lunetowy
Further reading
- luneta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- luneta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from French lunette.[1][2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈne.tɐ/
- Rhymes: -etɐ
- Hyphenation: lu‧ne‧ta
Noun
luneta f (plural lunetas)
- spyglass (portable telescope)
References
- “luneta” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “luneta” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
luna (“moon”) + -eta (“diminutive suffix”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /luˈneta/ [luˈne.t̪a]
- Rhymes: -eta
- Syllabification: lu‧ne‧ta
Noun
luneta f (plural lunetas)
- lens
- Synonym: lente
- box (seating compartment in a theater)
- Synonym: butaca
- (architecture) lunette
- (candy, Mexico) a lens-shaped colour-varied sugar-coated chocolate confectionery
Further reading
- “luneta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014