muñeca

Signification (Anglais)

1. (feminine) wrist
2. (feminine,form-of) female equivalent of muñeco (“doll”)

Concepts

poignet

poupée

chrysalide

carpe

cubitus

fémur

humerus

métacarpe

métatarse

omoplate

os des membres

phalange

péroné

radius

rotule

tarse

tibia

coude

enfant

fils

vierge

fille

gonzesse

jeune fille

jupe

minette

nana

oiseau

poussin

baigneur

Coupé comme

mu‧ñe‧ca

Genre

♀️ Féminin

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/muˈɲeka/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Inherited from Old Spanish munneca, from Old Spanish monneka (“milestone or landmark”) (a. 1011), from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly pre-Indo-European.
Compare Basque muino (“hill”). Its original meaning was first 'milestone or landmark', then 'protuberance', from which both senses of 'wrist' and 'doll' come. Some have suggested it may have originated from monnula (“(female) friend”). Compare Spanish moño (“a bow, ribbon”) and muñón (“stump”); see also Portuguese boneca (“doll”). Attested as early as 1011, first attested as 'doll' in 1400.