forqueta

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈketa/, [foɾˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: for‧que‧ta

Noun

forqueta f (plural forquetes)

1. pitchfork
2. wooden pole, stake
3. a forked wooden post used to support the branches of fruit trees
4. (archaic) fork

   Synonym: tenedor

Catalan

Etymology

From forca +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [furˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [forˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [foɾˈke.ta]

Noun

forqueta f (plural forquetes)

1. fork, fourchette

Synonyms

• (cutlery): forquilla

Further reading

• “forqueta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Galician

Alternative forms

• furqueta

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From forca (“pitchfork”) +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈketa/ [foɾˈke.t̪ɐ]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Hyphenation: for‧que‧ta

Noun

forqueta m (plural forquetas)

1. pole, stake
   • 1427, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindonienses, page 308:

     Et auemos uos a dar para la dita vinna duzentos linoos et çen pees de vinna et dose par et hun de brancas para hun çento de forquetas para reparamento dela

     And we shall give to you, for said vineyard, two hundred strings and a hundred vines and twelve pairs and one of white coinage for a hundred stakes for repairment of it

   Synonyms: estaca, forca

2. small pitchfork

   Synonyms: forca, forcada

3. fork

   Synonym: garfo

Related terms

• forca

 

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “forqueta”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “forqueta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “forqueta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “forqueta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish forca +‎ -eta, the first element from Latin furca. Doublet of horqueta, if not simply the obsolete version of it. Compare French fourchette.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foɾˈketa/ [foɾˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: for‧que‧ta

Noun

forqueta f (plural forquetas)

1. (dated) fork

   Synonym: tenedor

Further reading

• “forqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28