/ˈfɔɾka/, [ˈfɔɾ.kɐ]
OriginFrom Old Galician-Portuguese forca (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin furca (“pitchfork”). Cognate with Portuguese forca and Spanish horca).
- femininepole
“que a deuedes dar chantada de vina et ben fercada et [. . ] con forcas et linoos ao pelongo et latas ao traues” — you should plant vines and have it correctly kept … with gallows and strings all along, and beams crosswise
- femininegallows pole
- femininepitchfork
- femininedefile, ravine
Formsforcas(plural) · furca(alternative)
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