hornacina
Spanish, noun/oɾnaˈθina/
hornacina is spelled H-O-R-N-A-C-I-N-A (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish, the 81,768th most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hornacina is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “recess (inset)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Hueco que se practica en un muro o en un retablo, y que está coronado por un cuarto de esfera cóncavo. En los…”.
What does hornacina mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerecess (inset)
- 2
feminineniche
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Hueco que se practica en un muro o en un retablo, y que está coronado por un cuarto de esfera cóncavo. En los templos sirve para recibir una estatua o imagen.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of hornacina
- hornacinas plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hornacina?
- /oɾnaˈθina/
- [oɾ.naˈθi.na]
- /oɾnaˈsina/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hornacina
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hornacina in Spanish?
hornacina appears about once in every 5 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).