ansa

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) handle
2. (feminine, rare) excuse, pretext
3. (feminine) curve or bend (in a river)
4. (feminine) a small bight, bay, cove
5. (feminine) loop, coil
6. (feminine) as name of various chirurgical or laboratory instruments

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of ansare:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of ansare:

Concepts

handle

grip

bend

inlet

handgrip

curve

hold

holder

meander

recess

backwater

turn

bight

creek

crook

haft

helve

Synonyms

meandro

insenatura

curva

impugnatura

manico

maniglia

manopola

orecchia

presa

sacca

tortuosita

piccola insenatura

gomito

seno

Translations

asa

anse

ansa

recodo del río

trinco

asas de un ánfora

Henkel

nansa

مقبض

agafador

Griff

enseada

taramela

méandre

sap

Hyphenated as

àn‧sa

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈan.sa/

Etymology

Probably from Proto-Germanic *ansijō (“loop, handle”) mixed with *asa, inherited from Latin ānsa (“handle”), perhaps also formally influenced by the Latin in the literary language. Cf. German Öse (“eyelet”), Romansch ansa, onsa (“eyelet”); contrast the inherited Sardinian asa (“handle”), Lombard asa (“handle”) and aseta (“loop”), Verona Venetan asa (“soffit”), Abruzzo Neapolitan asa (“door hinge”), Calabria Sicilian asa (“handle”), Portuguese asa (“wing; handle”), Galician asa (“handle”), Spanish asa (“handle”).