flecha

See also: Flecha, flechá, and flécha

Asturian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈflet͡ʃa/ [ˈfle.t͡ʃa]
  • Rhymes: -etʃa
  • Syllabification: fle‧cha

Noun

flecha f (plural fleches)

  1. arrow (projectile)
  2. arrow (symbol)

Further reading

  • García Arias, Xosé Lluis (2002–2004), “flecha”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (overall work in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN
  • “flecha”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • frecha (obsolete or dialectal)

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *plew-
Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.
Proto-West Germanic *fleuk(k)ōn
Proto-West Germanic *-jā
Frankish *fliukkijābor.
Vulgar Latin *fleccia
Old French flechebor.
Old Galician-Portuguese frecha
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French flècheinflu.
Portuguese flecha

    Relatinization of earlier frecha (influenced by French flèche), from Old Galician-Portuguese frecha, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, from Frankish *fliukkijā.

    Pronunciation

    • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈflɛ.ʃɐ/
     

    • Rhymes: -ɛʃɐ
    • Hyphenation: fle‧cha

    Noun

    flecha f (plural flechas)

    1. arrow (projectile)
    2. arrow (symbol)
    3. (architecture) spire

    Synonyms

    See also

    Further reading

    Spanish

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈflet͡ʃa/ [ˈfle.t͡ʃa]
    • Audio (Colombia):(file)
    • Rhymes: -etʃa
    • Syllabification: fle‧cha

    Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *plew-
    Proto-Indo-European *plewk-der.
    Proto-West Germanic *fleuk(k)ōn
    Proto-West Germanic *-jā
    Frankish *fliukkijābor.
    Vulgar Latin *fleccia
    Old French flechebor.
    Old Spanish flecha
    Spanish flecha

      Inherited from Old Spanish flecha, frecha, borrowed from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.

      Noun

      flecha f (plural flechas)

      1. arrow (projectile, symbol)
        Synonym: saeta
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

      Verb

      flecha

      1. inflection of flechar:
        1. third-person singular present indicative
        2. second-person singular imperative

      Further reading

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