pretil
Old High German
Etymology
Likely from Proto-Germanic *brezda-, related to Proto-Germanic *burdą.
Noun
pretil f
- (Lombardic) lath
Descendants
- → Italian: predella
Spanish
Etymology
Metathesis of older petril, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pectōrīlis, *pectōrīle, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Portuguese peitoril.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɾeˈtil/ [pɾeˈt̪il]
- Rhymes: -il
- Syllabification: pre‧til
Noun
pretil m (plural pretiles)
- (construction) parapet
- handrail
- 2015 July 5, “Un dinosaurio al borde del abismo”, in El País:
- Vivimos en el borde de un abismo y el arte nos permite poner frágiles pretiles ante la nada.
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Related terms
- pecho
- petral, pretal
Further reading
- “pretil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Anagrams
- petril, reptil