"pubilla" meaning in All languages combined

See pubilla on Wiktionary

Noun [Catalan]

IPA: [puˈβi.ʎə] [Central, Northern], [puˈbi.ʎə] [Balearic], [puˈbi.ʎa] [Valencia], [puˈβi.ʎa] [Northwestern] Audio: LL-Q7026 (cat)-Marvives-pubilla.wav (note: Barcelona) Forms: pubilles [plural]
Etymology: Inherited from Latin pūpilla, feminine of pūpillus (“child, ward”). Doublet of pupil·la. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|ca|la|pūpilla|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin pūpilla, {{inh+|ca|la|pūpilla}} Inherited from Latin pūpilla, {{doublet|ca|pupil·la}} Doublet of pupil·la Head templates: {{ca-noun|f}} pubilla f (plural pubilles)
  1. heiress presumptive: a woman who, in the Catalan tradition, is anticipated to inherit property (from her parents or another ascendant) because she has no brothers, and who will hold it in her own right Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms: pubill (english: non-heir husband of a ''pubilla''), hereu (english: male heir)
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-ntA2BwfW Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 15 34 4 2 1
  2. a family's eldest daughter Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-kbErSdO9
  3. a courteous form of address to a young woman Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-EbofajBA Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 15 34 4 2 1
  4. a girl or woman who is chosen to ceremonially preside a festival (compare with English-speaking traditions such as May Queen, etc.) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-ZXv3OOQ1 Categories (other): Catalan entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Scorpaeniform fish Disambiguation of Catalan entries with incorrect language header: 39 5 15 34 4 2 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 25 1 23 46 2 3 1 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 25 1 23 46 2 2 1 Disambiguation of Scorpaeniform fish: 23 3 23 44 3 2 2
  5. (figurative) a prime example of some category of things; queen, crown jewel (of...) Tags: feminine, figuratively
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-jpu0Sw1v
  6. (with la) the city of Barcelona Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-h7F6lU6P
  7. gurnard Tags: feminine Synonyms: paona, lluerna
    Sense id: en-pubilla-ca-noun-lRfO7uuC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: hereva (english: heiress)

Inflected forms

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          "english": "the princess of castells (the torre de set, so called due to its difficulty)",
          "text": "la pubilla dels castells",
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          "english": "the queen city of the sardana, the capital of the sardana (chosen annually)",
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