esconce

== Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French *escoinz (“nook”), nominative case of Old French escoinçon, escoinson (whence modern French écoinçon), from Old French coin, coing (“nook, corner”), from Latin cuneus (“wedge”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /esˈkonθe/ [esˈkõn̟.θe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /esˈkonse/ [esˈkõn.se] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -onθe (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) Rhymes: -onse (Latin America, Philippines) Syllabification: es‧con‧ce === Noun === esconce m (plural esconces) (uncommon) chamfer, corner nook === Further reading === “esconce”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025