poterna
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Catalan terms borrowed from French#POTERNACategory:Catalan terms derived from French#POTERNA poterne, from Old FrenchCategory:Catalan terms derived from Old French#POTERNA posterne, from Late LatinCategory:Catalan terms derived from Late Latin#POTERNA posterula, diminutive of posterus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [puˈtɛr.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#POTERNA
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [poˈtɛr.nə]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#POTERNA
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [poˈtɛɾ.na]Category:Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation#POTERNA
Noun
poterna f (plural poternes)Category:Catalan lemmas#POTERNACategory:Catalan nouns#POTERNACategory:Catalan countable nouns#POTERNACategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#POTERNACategory:Catalan feminine nouns#POTERNACategory:Pages with entries#POTERNACategory:Pages with 3 entries#POTERNA
- postern (gate and passageway)
Related terms
Further reading
- “poterna”, 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
Polish
Etymology
Category:Polish terms derived from Middle French#POTERNACategory:Polish terms derived from Old French#POTERNACategory:Polish terms derived from Late Latin#POTERNACategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#POTERNABorrowed from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#POTERNACategory:Polish terms derived from French#POTERNA poterne.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔˈtɛr.na/Category:Polish 3-syllable words#POTERNACategory:Polish terms with IPA pronunciation#POTERNA
- Rhymes: -ɛrnaCategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛrna#POTERNACategory:Rhymes:Polish/ɛrna/3 syllables#POTERNA
- Syllabification: po‧ter‧na
Noun
poterna fCategory:Polish lemmas#POTERNACategory:Polish nouns#POTERNACategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#POTERNACategory:Polish feminine nouns#POTERNACategory:Pages with entries#POTERNACategory:Pages with 3 entries#POTERNA
- (historicalCategory:Polish terms with historical senses#POTERNA) postern (subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks)
- Synonym: potajnik
Declension
Further reading
- poterna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Noun
poterna f (plural poternas)Category:Spanish lemmas#POTERNACategory:Spanish nouns#POTERNACategory:Spanish countable nouns#POTERNACategory:Spanish entries with incorrect language header#POTERNACategory:Spanish feminine nouns#POTERNACategory:Pages with entries#POTERNACategory:Pages with 3 entries#POTERNA
Further reading
- “poterna”, 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