Masculine
ronyó
Sentences
L'església té forma d'un ronyó , per dir-ho d'alguna manera .
The church is shaped like a kidney, so to speak.
Meaning
- (masculine) kidney
- (figuratively, masculine) heart, centre
Synonyms
renyó
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ruˈɲo]
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old Catalan renyó~ronyó, from Vulgar Latin *rōniōnem~*rēniōnem, derived from Latin rēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”). Compare Aragonese rinyón, Occitan renhon, ronhon; French rognon, Spanish riñón.
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