cantera
See also: Cantera and canterà
Catalan
Etymology
cantar (“to sing”) + -era (“[suffix indicating desire]”)
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /kənˈte.ɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /kanˈte.ɾa/
Noun
cantera f (plural canteres)
- The urge to sing.
Further reading
- “cantera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Italian
Noun
cantera f (plural cantere)
- drawer (of a chest)
- a piece of furniture usually multiple parallel, horizontal drawers stacked one above each other, used mainly for the storage of clean clothes
Synonyms
- cassetto
Anagrams
- antrace, arcante, cantare, crenata
Spanish
Etymology
From canto + -era.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kanˈteɾa/ [kãn̪ˈt̪e.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Syllabification: can‧te‧ra
Noun
cantera f (plural canteras)
- quarry
- talent, ingeniosity
- academy, reserve team
Derived terms
- canterano
Related terms
- canto
Further reading
- “cantera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014