lisca

Meaning

1. (feminine) fishbone (individual, or the complete spine)
2. (feminine) shive, i.e. fragment of the woody core of flax or hemp

Concepts

bone

🦴

fishbone

comb

coping

crest

edge

lisp

lisping

ridge

sheave

top

🔝

backbone

awnchaff

boon

Synonyms

spina

spigolo

cresta

pietra focaia

resta

blesità

spina di pesce

lisca di pesce

osso

🦴

ossicino

Translations

arête

🦴

Gräte

espina

hanekam

rib

ribbe

espina de peix

espina

ψαροκόκαλο

cresta

graat

kam

nok

aresta

Hyphenated as

lì‧sca

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈlis.ka/

Etymology

From Late Latin līsca, possibly from a Germanic source; see French laîche. Compare German Liesch, Luxembourgish Lëtsch (“reed”).