tendal

tendal

See also: tendál

Catalan

Etymology

From tenda (“tent”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /tənˈdal/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /tenˈdal/
• Rhymes: -al

Noun

tendal m (plural tendals)

1. awning

Further reading

• “tendal” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “tendal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “tendal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “tendal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Galician

Tendal

Alternative forms

• tondal

Etymology

Attested since the 14th century. Tenda (“tent”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdal/

Noun

tendal m (plural tendais)

1. (archaic) pole of a tent or pavilion
2. (historical) installation for hanging and drying flax and linen
3. clothesline
4. place or installation to hang and dry things
5. board, table or platform where the loaves are deposited before being taken to the oven
6. tarpaulin; shed

Related terms

• tenda

References

• “tendal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “tendal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “tendal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “tendal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “tendal” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From tenda +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdaw/ [tẽˈdaʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tẽˈdal/ [tẽˈdaɫ]

• Rhymes: -al
• Hyphenation: ten‧dal

Noun

tendal m (plural tendais)

1. clothesline (cord to hang clothes on so they can dry)

   Synonyms: varal, estendedouro, estendal

Further reading

• “tendal” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “tendal” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “tendal” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “tendal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “tendal” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “tendal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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Spanish

A clotheslines

Etymology

From tender +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tenˈdal/ [t̪ẽn̪ˈd̪al]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: ten‧dal

Noun

tendal m (plural tendales)

1. clothesline

   Synonym: cuerda para tender la ropa

2. tarpaulin
3. washing (hanging out in the sun)
4. fruit dryer
5. place to hang things

Further reading

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