empenya

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from French empeigne. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛ.ɲə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpə.ɲə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [emˈpe.ɲa] === Noun === empenya f (plural empenyes) (anatomy) instep upper, vamp (of footwear) === Further reading === “empenya”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007