banqueta

Catalan

Etymology

From banc +‎ -eta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəŋˈkɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəŋˈkə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baŋˈke.ta]

Noun

banqueta f (plural banquetes)

1. diminutive of banca
2. stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)
3. (sports) bench
4. (architecture) base

Further reading

• “banqueta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “banqueta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “banqueta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “banqueta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Chavacano

Etymology

Inherited from Spanish banqueta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈketa/, [bãŋˈke.t̪a]
• Hyphenation: ban‧que‧ta

Noun

banqueta

1. sidewalk

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: banquetas, banquetât

Verb

banqueta

1. third-person singular past historic of banqueter

Galician

Etymology

From Middle French banquet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baŋˈketa̝/

Noun

banqueta f (plural banquetas)

1. stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)

   Synonym: tallo

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “banqueta”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “banqueta”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “banqueta”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɐ̃ˈke.tɐ/

• Hyphenation: ban‧que‧ta

Noun

banqueta f (plural banquetas)

1. stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)

   Synonyms: banco, tamborete, banquinho

Further reading

• “banqueta”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

From banca (“bench”) +‎ -eta (diminutive suffix). The sense of sidewalk comes from the platfoms, like low benches, which were used for walking on streets aside houses.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /banˈketa/ [bãŋˈke.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -eta
• Syllabification: ban‧que‧ta

Noun

banqueta f (plural banquetas)

1. (furniture) footstool

   Synonyms: reposapiés, escabel, taburete

2. (furniture) small bench
3. (Guatemala, Mexico, Philippines) sidewalk

   Synonyms: acera, (Latin America) vereda, (Colombia) andén

Derived terms

• banquetazo

 

Related terms

• banca
• banco

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: bangketa

Further reading

• “banqueta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), 23rd edition, Royal Spanish Academy, 2014 October 16