pretil
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Etymology
Likely from Proto-Germanic *brezda-, related to Proto-Germanic *burdą.
Noun
pretil f
Descendants
- → Italian: predella
Etymology
Metathesis of older petril, from Old Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pectōrīlis, *pectōrīle, from Latin pectus (“chest”). Compare Portuguese peitoril.
Pronunciation
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.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Related terms
Further reading
- “pretil”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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