fogón
See also: fogon
Spanish
editEtymology
editRelated to fuego, and possibly ultimately from a Vulgar Latin *focone, from focus, perhaps through Catalan fogó or through a Mozarabic intermediary, as it was attested relatively late and preserved the initial -f- as opposed to -h- (compare hogar, hoguera, hogaza, etc.).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfogón m (plural fogones)
- fireplace
- stove, range
- (nautical) galley, cuddy, caboose
- vent (as of a firearm)
- (rail transport) firebox, engine furnace
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Gredos
Further reading
edit- “fogón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014