spienza

== Venetan == === Alternative forms === spiença (Central) spienxa, spiensa, spiénxa, spiénza, spiènsa (alternative spellings) splenza, splença (obsolete) [14th c.] spiengia (obsolete) [16th c.] ըսփիէնծայ (əspʻiēncay) (17th c. Armenian dictionary) === Etymology === Inherited from Latin splēn (“spleen”), altered by sponza (“sponge”). Compare Friulian splenze. === Pronunciation === (Lagunar, Eastern) IPA(key): [ˈspjeŋza] (Northern) IPA(key): [ˈspjeŋd͡za] (Central) IPA(key): [ˈspjeŋza], [ˈspjɛŋsa] === Noun === spienza f (plural spienze) (Lagunar, Central, Eastern, Northern, Colonial) spleen (especially of animals) Synonym: (especially of humans) smilça ==== Descendants ==== → Albanian: plëndës === References === Galepin, “spiénxa” [31500], “spiénza” [31501], “spiènsa” [38798] Rosman (1922), page 119a: “spienza” Contarini (1888), page 164b: “spienza” Boerio (1867), page 689c: “spienza” Paoletti (1851), page 324b: “spienza” DTDV (1847), page 121: “spienza” Patriarchi (1821), page 190b: “spienza” GDLI, vol. 19, page 903b: “spiènza” Orengo (2019), page 246: “փայծաղ”