engra

Galician

Alternative forms

• engre, incle, incre, ingre

Etymology

From local Vulgar Latin *encŭde, from incus (“anvil”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛŋɡɾa̝/

Noun

engra f (plural engras)

1. anvil, especially a portable anvil used to sharpen scythes

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “engra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “engra”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “engra”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Icelandic

Pronoun

engra

1. genitive plural of enginn (“no one/nothing; none; no ...”)

Old Norse

Determiner

engra

1. genitive plural of engi