renque

Galician

Alternative forms

• rengue

Etymology

Attested since 1514. Ultimately from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈreŋkɪ]

Noun

renque m (plural renques)

1. windrow
2. row

   Synonyms: fila, liña, rea, ringleira, riola

References

• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “renque”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “renque”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “rengue”, 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), “renque”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “renque”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “rengue”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Catalan renc (“rank”), from Frankish *hring (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *hringaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)krengʰ-.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈhẽ.ki]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈhẽ.ki]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ki/ [ˈχẽ.ki]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.ke/ [ˈhẽ.ke]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁẽ.kɨ/

Noun

renque m or (dated) f (plural renques)

1. row (line of evenly spaced people or objects)

   Synonyms: linha, fileira, fila

Further reading

• “renque”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “renque”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025