fa

(music) fa (fourth note of diatonic scale)


mi

(music) mi (third note of diatonic scale)


tempo

Borrowed from Italian tempo. Doublet of temps.


sol

(music) sol (the fifth note of the diatonic scale)


to

Borrowed from Latin tonus, from Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos). First attested in 1575.


accident

Borrowed from Latin accidentem, present active participle of accidō (“happen”).


salsa

Inherited from Old Catalan salsa, from Vulgar Latin *salsa, a noun based on the feminine of Latin salsus (“salted”), perfect passive participle of salīre, a verb based on sāl.


re

(music) re (second note of diatonic scale)


do

(music) do (first note of diatonic scale)


canal

Inherited from Latin canālis (“channel; canal”).

inh+

(architecture) groove, fluting (of a column, etc.)


actor

ca-noun

actor m (plural actors, feminine actriu)


hospital

Borrowed from Late Latin hospitālis, hospitāle (“hospice, shelter, guesthouse”), noun use of Latin hospitālis (“hospitable”). Doublet of the inherited hostal.


metal

Borrowed from English metal. Doublet of metall.


manga

From Japanese 漫画(まんが) (manga), after an 1814 book by Katsushika Hokusai.

(comics) manga (comic originating in Japan)


cor

Inherited from Old Catalan cor, from Vulgar Latin *corem m, from Latin cor n.

dir-ho de tot cor

to say it with all the heart; to be sincere


gamma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).

gamut; the range of possible values, especially:

(music) the set of tones available from a musical instrument


metre

(poetry, music) metre/meter (the rhythm of a song or poem)


si

From Latin Sancte Iohannes (“Saint John”) in the hymn for St. John the Baptist.

(music) si (seventh note of a diatonic scale)


la

(music) la (sixth note of a diatonic scale)


arc

Inherited from Latin arcus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂erkʷo-.

(music) bow (used to play string instruments)


cent

Borrowed from English cent. These senses of the word cent in Catalan derive from the inversion of meaning that took place in English where it was used to indicate one hundredth.

cèntim

a subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the base unit

(music) cent (a hundredth of a half step)


major

ca-adj

major m or f (masculine and feminine plural majors)


mode

Borrowed from Latin modus. Doublet of moda, a borrowing through French.


cantar

ca-verb

cantar (first-person singular present canto, first-person singular preterite cantí, past participle cantat)

canto (first-person present singular)
cantí (first-person preterite singular)
cantat (participle past)
cantar (infinitive)
cantant (gerund)
cantat (masculine participle past singular)
cantada (feminine participle past singular)
cantats (masculine participle past plural)
cantades (feminine participle past plural)
canto (first-person indicative present singular)
cantes (indicative present second-person singular)
canta (indicative present singular third-person)
cantem (first-person indicative plural present)
canteu (indicative plural present second-person)
canten (indicative plural present third-person)
cantava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cantaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cantava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cantàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cantàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cantaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cantaré (first-person future indicative singular)
cantaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
cantarà (future indicative singular third-person)
cantarem (first-person future indicative plural)
cantareu (future indicative plural second-person)
cantaran (future indicative plural third-person)
cantí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cantares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cantà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cantàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cantàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cantaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cantaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cantaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cantaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cantaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cantaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cantarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
canti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cantis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
canti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cantem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
canteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cantin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cantés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cantessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cantés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cantéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cantéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cantessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
canta (imperative second-person)
canti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
cantem (first-person imperative plural)
canteu (imperative plural second-person)
cantin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no cantis (imperative negative second-person)
no canti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no cantem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no canteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no cantin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


trio

(music) trio (a piece of music written for three musicians)

(music) trio (a group of three musicians)


corda

Inherited from Latin chorda, from Ancient Greek χορδή (khordḗ, “rope, cord”).

der

a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes

tant s'estira la corda, que a la fi es trenca


lira

Borrowed from Latin lyra, from Ancient Greek λύρα (lúra). First attested in the 15th century.

lyre (an ancient stringed musical instrument)


biblioteca

Borrowed from Latin bibliothēca, from Ancient Greek βιβλιοθήκη (bibliothḗkē, “library”).


presto

(music) presto (piece played very rapidly)


hotel

Borrowed from French hôtel, from Latin hospitāle. Doublet of hospital and hostal.


coma

Borrowed from Latin comma, from Ancient Greek κόμμα (kómma).


pianissimo

Borrowed from Italian pianissimo (“very softly”).


ut

Borrowed from Latin ut, from the first word of Ut queant laxis.


professor

ca-noun

professor m (plural professors, feminine professora)

professors (plural)
professora (feminine)


peu

Inherited from Old Catalan peu, from Latin pedem.
Cognate with Occitan pè; French pied; Asturian and Spanish pie; and Galician and Portuguese pé.

peu de pàgina

(design, typography) footer, the bottom of a page or design


parapet

Borrowed from Spanish parapeto, from Italian parapetto.


gola

Inherited from Old Catalan gola, from Latin gula, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷel- (“throat”).


cabana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


gaiter

ca-noun

gaiter m (plural gaiters, feminine gaitera)


volta

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).

(architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)


disc

Borrowed from Latin discus, originally from Ancient Greek δίσκος (dískos, “disk, quoit, platter”).


dominant

ca-adj

dominant m or f (masculine and feminine plural dominants)


tint

From Latin tinctus, past participle of tingō (“I wet”).


blues

(music) blues (musical genre of African American origin)


sala

Of Germanic origin, from Frankish *sali.


pedestal

(architecture) pedestal (the base or foot of a column, statue, vase, lamp, or the like)


melodia

Borrowed from Latin melodia, from Ancient Greek μελῳδίᾱ (melōidíā).


viola

Uncertain, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).


fort

Inherited from Latin fortem (“strong”), from Old Latin forctis, fortis, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to rise, high, hill”).


solo

(music) solo (a piece of music for one performer)


dip

From Andalusian Arabic ديب (ḏíb), from Arabic ذِئْب (ḏiʔb).

(mythology) A black vampiric hellhound associated with the town of Pratdip in the Camp de Tarragona.


banc

→ Gallurese: bancu

→ Sardinian: bancu (Logudorese), → bangu (Campidanese)

→ Sassarese: bancu

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *bankiz (“bench”).


banda

From Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌽𐌳𐍅𐍉 (bandwō, “sign, token”).

(music) band (especially one consisting mainly of wind and percussion instruments)


barra

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *barra, possibly from Gaulish *barros (“the bushy end”), cognate with French barre and English bar. Doublet of bar.


exempt

ca-adj

exempt (feminine exempta, masculine plural exempts, feminine plural exemptes)

exempta (feminine)
exempts (masculine plural)
exemptes (feminine plural)

columnes exemptes

una escultura exempta


buc

From Frankish *būk (“belly”), from Proto-Germanic *būkaz (“belly, stomach”). Compare Spanish buque (“vessel”) and Italian buco (“hole”).

der

(architecture) the shell or outer walls enclosing a house or a staircase


pont

Inherited from Old Catalan pont, from Latin pontem, from Proto-Indo-European *pónteh₁s (“path, road”), from *pent- (“path”).

inh

any of various objects or structures resembling a bridge, such as the bridge of violin, a dental prosthesis, a piece of tissue connecting two parts of an organ, etc.

a day which falls between a weekend and holiday, which employees will often take off in order to have a long weekend


wigwam

Ultimately from Abenaki wigwôm (“house”) or Penobscot wigwom (“house”), borrowed via English wigwam or French wigwam.


flauta

From Old Catalan flauta, of uncertain origin. Cf. English flute.


gurdwara

Borrowed from Punjabi ਗੁਰਦੁਆਰਾ (gurduārā).


sola

From Vulgar Latin *sola, from Latin solea.


rivet

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic رِبَاط (ribát), from Arabic رِبَاط (ribāṭ, “something which binds”).


gelosia

(architecture) a latticework placed over a window to provide privacy and reduce glare


jota

Uncertain. Perhaps from Arabic شَطْحَة (šaṭḥa).

bor

Arabic شَطْحَة (šaṭḥa)


quinta

(music) fifth or fifth voice in piece of vocal polyphony


ordre

Inherited from Old Catalan ordre~orde~orden, from Latin ōrdinem. The plural form órdens, with conservation of the Latin /n/, is still used in Valencia and Ibiza. Compare Occitan ordre, French ordre.

(biology, architecture, mathematics) order


Caro

A mythological figure from the comarca of Safor in the Valencian Community said to have the head of a bearded man and the body of an owl.


acordar

ca-verb

acordar (first-person singular present acordo, first-person singular preterite acordí, past participle acordat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

acordar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
acordo (first-person present singular)
acordí (first-person preterite singular)
acordat (participle past)
acordar (infinitive)
acordant (gerund)
acordat (masculine participle past singular)
acordada (feminine participle past singular)
acordats (masculine participle past plural)
acordades (feminine participle past plural)
acordo (first-person indicative present singular)
acordes (indicative present second-person singular)
acorda (indicative present singular third-person)
acordem (first-person indicative plural present)
acordeu (indicative plural present second-person)
acorden (indicative plural present third-person)
acordava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acordaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acordava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acordàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acordàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acordaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acordaré (first-person future indicative singular)
acordaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
acordarà (future indicative singular third-person)
acordarem (first-person future indicative plural)
acordareu (future indicative plural second-person)
acordaran (future indicative plural third-person)
acordí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
acordares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acordà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acordàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acordàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
acordaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acordaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
acordaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
acordaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
acordaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
acordaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
acordarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
acordi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acordis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acordi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acordem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acordeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acordin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acordés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acordessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acordés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acordéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acordéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acordessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acorda (imperative second-person)
acordi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
acordem (first-person imperative plural)
acordeu (imperative plural second-person)
acordin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no acordis (imperative negative second-person)
no acordi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no acordem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no acordeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no acordin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


arpa

Inherited from Latin harpē (“bird of prey, falcon”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπη (hárpē, “bird of prey, falcon”).


modular

ca-verb

modular (first-person singular present modulo, first-person singular preterite modulí, past participle modulat)

modulo (first-person present singular)
modulí (first-person preterite singular)
modulat (participle past)
modular (infinitive)
modulant (gerund)
modulat (masculine participle past singular)
modulada (feminine participle past singular)
modulats (masculine participle past plural)
modulades (feminine participle past plural)
modulo (first-person indicative present singular)
modules (indicative present second-person singular)
modula (indicative present singular third-person)
modulem (first-person indicative plural present)
moduleu (indicative plural present second-person)
modulen (indicative plural present third-person)
modulava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
modulaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
modulava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
modulàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
modulàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
modulaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
modularé (first-person future indicative singular)
modularàs (future indicative second-person singular)
modularà (future indicative singular third-person)
modularem (first-person future indicative plural)
modulareu (future indicative plural second-person)
modularan (future indicative plural third-person)
modulí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
modulares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
modulà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
modulàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
modulàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
modularen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
modularia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
modularies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
modularia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
modularíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
modularíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
modularien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
moduli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
modulis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
moduli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
modulem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
moduleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
modulin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
modulés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
modulessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
modulés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
moduléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
moduléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
modulessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
modula (imperative second-person)
moduli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
modulem (first-person imperative plural)
moduleu (imperative plural second-person)
modulin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no modulis (imperative negative second-person)
no moduli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no modulem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no moduleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no modulin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


tinta

Inherited from Latin tincta (“dyed”), perfect passive participle of tingō (“dye”, verb).

mitja tinta


castell

→ English: castell

→ Spanish: castell

Inherited from Latin castellum, diminutive of castrum. Compare Occitan castèl, French château, and Spanish castillo.

(nautical) castle (enclosed area located above the top deck)


sirena

From Late Latin sirēna, from Latin Sīrēn, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn).


tocador

ca-noun

tocador m (plural tocadors, feminine tocadora)


pati

Perhaps ultimately from Latin pactum or Latin patulus.

atrium (enclosed paved area open to the sky)


mas

Inherited from Old Catalan mas, from Latin mānsum. Compare Occitan mas.

farmhouse, typical country house in Catalan-speaking and Occitan-speaking territories


pintor

pintor m (plural pintors, feminine pintora)

Inherited from Old Catalan pintor, from Vulgar Latin *pīnctōrem, from Latin pictōrem. Compare Occitan pintor, Spanish pintor, French peintre.


gota

Inherited from Old Catalan gota, from Latin gutta. Compare Occitan gota, French goutte, Spanish gota.


compositor

compositor m (plural compositors, feminine compositora)

compositors (plural)
compositora (feminine)


menor

ca-adj

menor m or f (masculine and feminine plural menors)


fris

Borrowed from Medieval Latin frisum, frisium, of unknown origin. See English frieze for more.


esfumar

ca-verb

esfumar (first-person singular present esfumo, first-person singular preterite esfumí, past participle esfumat)

esfumo (first-person present singular)
esfumí (first-person preterite singular)
esfumat (participle past)
esfumar (infinitive)
esfumant (gerund)
esfumat (masculine participle past singular)
esfumada (feminine participle past singular)
esfumats (masculine participle past plural)
esfumades (feminine participle past plural)
esfumo (first-person indicative present singular)
esfumes (indicative present second-person singular)
esfuma (indicative present singular third-person)
esfumem (first-person indicative plural present)
esfumeu (indicative plural present second-person)
esfumen (indicative plural present third-person)
esfumava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
esfumaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
esfumava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
esfumàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
esfumàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
esfumaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
esfumaré (first-person future indicative singular)
esfumaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
esfumarà (future indicative singular third-person)
esfumarem (first-person future indicative plural)
esfumareu (future indicative plural second-person)
esfumaran (future indicative plural third-person)
esfumí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
esfumares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
esfumà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
esfumàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
esfumàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
esfumaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
esfumaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
esfumaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
esfumaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
esfumaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
esfumaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
esfumarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
esfumi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
esfumis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
esfumi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
esfumem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
esfumeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
esfumin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
esfumés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
esfumessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
esfumés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
esfuméssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
esfuméssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
esfumessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
esfuma (imperative second-person)
esfumi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
esfumem (first-person imperative plural)
esfumeu (imperative plural second-person)
esfumin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no esfumis (imperative negative second-person)
no esfumi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no esfumem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no esfumeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no esfumin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

From es- + fum + -ar. Compare Italian sfumare.


sonata

Borrowed from Italian sonata. First attested in 1839.


timbal

Alteration of tabal under the influence of címbal or tambor.


hòbbit

hobbit (a member of a fictional race of small humanoids with shaggy hair and hairy feet)


mampara

Deverbal from mamparar, alteration of emparar.


cuculla

Borrowed from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of cogulla.


rasa

From ras (“smooth”) + -a, from Latin rāsus (“cropped, shorn”).


història

Borrowed from Latin historia, from Ancient Greek ἱστορία (historía).


mur

Inherited from Old Catalan mur, from Latin mūrus, from Old Latin *moerus, *moiros, from Proto-Indo-European *mey- (“to strengthen”).


joc

Inherited from Old Catalan joc, from Latin iocus (“pastime, sport”). Compare Occitan jòc, French jeu, Spanish juego.


cava

From Late Latin cava, from Latin cavus (“hollow, concave”).


torre

Inherited from Old Catalan torre~torra, from Latin turrem, from Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis).

(castells) a castell consisting of two castellers per level of the tronc

(historical) an agricultural estate on the outskirts of a town farmed by a tenant farmer


greu

ca-adj

greu m or f (masculine and feminine plural greus)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin grevem, alteration of Latin gravem.


conte

Inherited from Latin computus, or deverbal from contar.


pianista

ca-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistes)


abadia

Inherited from Late Latin abbātia. Compare Occitan abadia.


marbre

Inherited from Old Catalan marbre, from Latin marmor, from Ancient Greek μάρμαρος (mármaros). Compare Occitan marbre~marme.


trompa

Ultimately of imitative origin. Probably from a Germanic source (compare Frankish *trumba, Old High German trumpa) via Italian tromba.


carena

Inherited from Latin carīna (“keel”), influenced by Ligurian / Italian carena.


orgue

Inherited from Latin organum. Doublet of òrgan, which was borrowed from Latin.


corista

corista m or f by sense (plural coristes)


afinar

ca-verb

afinar (first-person singular present afino, first-person singular preterite afiní, past participle afinat)

afino (first-person present singular)
afiní (first-person preterite singular)
afinat (participle past)
afinar (infinitive)
afinant (gerund)
afinat (masculine participle past singular)
afinada (feminine participle past singular)
afinats (masculine participle past plural)
afinades (feminine participle past plural)
afino (first-person indicative present singular)
afines (indicative present second-person singular)
afina (indicative present singular third-person)
afinem (first-person indicative plural present)
afineu (indicative plural present second-person)
afinen (indicative plural present third-person)
afinava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
afinaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
afinava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
afinàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
afinàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
afinaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
afinaré (first-person future indicative singular)
afinaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
afinarà (future indicative singular third-person)
afinarem (first-person future indicative plural)
afinareu (future indicative plural second-person)
afinaran (future indicative plural third-person)
afiní (first-person indicative preterite singular)
afinares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
afinà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
afinàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
afinàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
afinaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
afinaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
afinaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
afinaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
afinaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
afinaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
afinarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
afini (first-person present singular subjunctive)
afinis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
afini (present singular subjunctive third-person)
afinem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
afineu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
afinin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
afinés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
afinessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
afinés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
afinéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
afinéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
afinessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
afina (imperative second-person)
afini (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
afinem (first-person imperative plural)
afineu (imperative plural second-person)
afinin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no afinis (imperative negative second-person)
no afini (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no afinem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no afineu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no afinin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive) to tune (to modify a musical instrument)


temperar

temperar (first-person singular present tempero, first-person singular preterite temperí, past participle temperat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

temperar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
e (canonical)
tempero (first-person present singular)
temperí (first-person preterite singular)
temperat (participle past)
temperar (infinitive)
temperant (gerund)
temperat (masculine participle past singular)
temperada (feminine participle past singular)
temperats (masculine participle past plural)
temperades (feminine participle past plural)
tempero (first-person indicative present singular)
temperes (indicative present second-person singular)
tempera (indicative present singular third-person)
temperem (first-person indicative plural present)
tempereu (indicative plural present second-person)
temperen (indicative plural present third-person)
temperava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
temperaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
temperava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
temperàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
temperàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
temperaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
temperaré (first-person future indicative singular)
temperaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
temperarà (future indicative singular third-person)
temperarem (first-person future indicative plural)
temperareu (future indicative plural second-person)
temperaran (future indicative plural third-person)
temperí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
temperares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
temperà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
temperàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
temperàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
temperaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
temperaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
temperaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
temperaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
temperaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
temperaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
temperarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
temperi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
temperis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
temperi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
temperem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tempereu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
temperin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
temperés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
temperessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
temperés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
temperéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
temperéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
temperessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tempera (imperative second-person)
temperi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
temperem (first-person imperative plural)
tempereu (imperative plural second-person)
temperin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no temperis (imperative negative second-person)
no temperi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no temperem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no tempereu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no temperin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Borrowed from Latin temperāre. Doublet of temprar.


incrustar

incrustar (first-person singular present incrusto, first-person singular preterite incrustí, past participle incrustat)

incrusto (first-person present singular)
incrustí (first-person preterite singular)
incrustat (participle past)
incrustar (infinitive)
incrustant (gerund)
incrustat (masculine participle past singular)
incrustada (feminine participle past singular)
incrustats (masculine participle past plural)
incrustades (feminine participle past plural)
incrusto (first-person indicative present singular)
incrustes (indicative present second-person singular)
incrusta (indicative present singular third-person)
incrustem (first-person indicative plural present)
incrusteu (indicative plural present second-person)
incrusten (indicative plural present third-person)
incrustava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
incrustaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
incrustava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
incrustàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
incrustàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
incrustaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
incrustaré (first-person future indicative singular)
incrustaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
incrustarà (future indicative singular third-person)
incrustarem (first-person future indicative plural)
incrustareu (future indicative plural second-person)
incrustaran (future indicative plural third-person)
incrustí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
incrustares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
incrustà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
incrustàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
incrustàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
incrustaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
incrustaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
incrustaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
incrustaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
incrustaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
incrustaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
incrustarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
incrusti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
incrustis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
incrusti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
incrustem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
incrusteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
incrustin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
incrustés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
incrustessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
incrustés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
incrustéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
incrustéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
incrustessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
incrusta (imperative second-person)
incrusti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
incrustem (first-person imperative plural)
incrusteu (imperative plural second-person)
incrustin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no incrustis (imperative negative second-person)
no incrusti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no incrustem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no incrusteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no incrustin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


virar

virar (first-person singular present viro, first-person singular preterite virí, past participle virat)

viro (first-person present singular)
virí (first-person preterite singular)
virat (participle past)
virar (infinitive)
virant (gerund)
virat (masculine participle past singular)
virada (feminine participle past singular)
virats (masculine participle past plural)
virades (feminine participle past plural)
viro (first-person indicative present singular)
vires (indicative present second-person singular)
vira (indicative present singular third-person)
virem (first-person indicative plural present)
vireu (indicative plural present second-person)
viren (indicative plural present third-person)
virava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
viraves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
virava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
viràvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
viràveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
viraven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
viraré (first-person future indicative singular)
viraràs (future indicative second-person singular)
virarà (future indicative singular third-person)
virarem (first-person future indicative plural)
virareu (future indicative plural second-person)
viraran (future indicative plural third-person)
virí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
virares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
virà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
viràrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
viràreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
viraren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
viraria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
viraries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
viraria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
viraríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
viraríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
virarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
viri (first-person present singular subjunctive)
viris (present second-person singular subjunctive)
viri (present singular subjunctive third-person)
virem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vireu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
virin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
virés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
viressis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
virés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
viréssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
viréssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
viressin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vira (imperative second-person)
viri (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
virem (first-person imperative plural)
vireu (imperative plural second-person)
virin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no viris (imperative negative second-person)
no viri (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no virem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no vireu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no virin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *virāre, probably from Latin vibrāre (in which case it is a doublet of vibrar). Other possibilities include an alteration of gȳrō (source of the synonym girar) or a derivation from Gaulish *viru (“to deviate, veer off”), itself derived from viros (“round, crooked”). Compare Italian virare, French virer.


aloja

(folklore) a type of nymph or fairy woman believed to dwell in springs, pools, waterfalls, and lakes in areas of natural beauty


aloja

(historical) a drink made of hydromel flavoured with spices


estofar

estofar (first-person singular present estofo, first-person singular preterite estofí, past participle estofat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

estofar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
estofo (first-person present singular)
estofí (first-person preterite singular)
estofat (participle past)

From estofa + -ar, if not directly from Old French estoffer (“to decorate”).

(art) to apply gesso to wood before gilding

(art) to apply tempura to gilding to create the appearance of brocaded fabric


escarabat

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *scarafaius, from Latin scarabaeus. The final -t may represent back-formation from a plural form *escaravaigs pronounced with a final -ts. Doublet of escarabeu, a learned borrowing.


instrumentar

instrumentar (first-person singular present instrumento, first-person singular preterite instrumentí, past participle instrumentat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

instrumentar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
e (canonical)
instrumento (first-person present singular)
instrumentí (first-person preterite singular)
instrumentat (participle past)
instrumentar (infinitive)
instrumentant (gerund)
instrumentat (masculine participle past singular)
instrumentada (feminine participle past singular)
instrumentats (masculine participle past plural)
instrumentades (feminine participle past plural)
instrumento (first-person indicative present singular)
instrumentes (indicative present second-person singular)
instrumenta (indicative present singular third-person)
instrumentem (first-person indicative plural present)
instrumenteu (indicative plural present second-person)
instrumenten (indicative plural present third-person)
instrumentava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
instrumentaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
instrumentava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
instrumentàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
instrumentàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
instrumentaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
instrumentaré (first-person future indicative singular)
instrumentaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
instrumentarà (future indicative singular third-person)
instrumentarem (first-person future indicative plural)
instrumentareu (future indicative plural second-person)
instrumentaran (future indicative plural third-person)
instrumentí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
instrumentares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
instrumentà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
instrumentàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
instrumentàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
instrumentaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
instrumentaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
instrumentaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
instrumentaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
instrumentaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
instrumentaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
instrumentarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
instrumenti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
instrumentis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
instrumenti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
instrumentem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
instrumenteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
instrumentin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
instrumentés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
instrumentessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
instrumentés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
instrumentéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
instrumentéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
instrumentessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
instrumenta (imperative second-person)
instrumenti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
instrumentem (first-person imperative plural)
instrumenteu (imperative plural second-person)
instrumentin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no instrumentis (imperative negative second-person)
no instrumenti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no instrumentem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no instrumenteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no instrumentin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, music) to score, to orchestrate


glosa

(music, especially Mallorca) short, often improvised folk song or popular song


grada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grada, collective of gradus (“step”).


orla

Probably from Vulgar Latin *ōrula, diminutive of Latin ōra.


pista

pista bonus


cripta

Learned borrowing from Latin crypta from Ancient Greek κρυπτός (kruptós). Doublet of gruta.


caganer

ca-noun

caganer m (plural caganers, feminine caganera)

(folklore, with definite article) "the defecator" (a small statue that may be found in the periphery of Bethlehem Nativity scenes in Catalonia and Andorra)


polonesa

From Etymology 1, due to being associated with Poland.

a textile made with a silk warp and a cotton weft used primarily as a dress lining


artista

artista m or f by sense (plural artistes)


pua

Uncertain. Cognate to Spanish púa, Galician puga.


vampir

vampir m (plural vampirs, feminine vampira)

Borrowed from French vampire. First attested in 1864.


catedral

Borrowed from Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin cathedrālis, from cathedra, from Ancient Greek καθέδρᾱ (kathédrā, “seat”).


nervi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin nervium, from Latin nervus.


macrofotografia

ca-noun

macrofotografia f (plural macrofotografies)


nau

desctree

→ Portuguese: nau, nao (obsolete)
→ English: nau

→ Spanish: nao

Inherited from Old Catalan nau, from Latin nāvem, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.

la nau lateral de la basílica

(architecture, religion) nave, aisle (open space in a building between walls or columns rows)


geni

Learned borrowing from Latin genius. Doublet of giny, a popular development.


rotonda

Borrowed from Italian rotonda, feminine of rotondo (“round”). Equivalent to Catalan rodona.


episodi

From Ancient Greek ἐπεισόδιον (epeisódion, “a parenthetic addition, episode”), probably via French épisode.


tercera

Inherited from Latin tertiarius (“third”).


sotana

Inherited from Vulgar Latin subtāna, from subtus (“below, beneath”).

in a Roman-style roof, one of the flat or concave tiles which joins to form a channel; tegula


clau

Inherited from Latin clāvis (compare Occitan clau, Spanish llave, French clef).


recinte

Borrowed from Latin recīnctum, or perhaps Spanish or Italian recinto.


guix

Inherited from Latin gypsum. First attested in 1309. Cognates include Italian gesso and Spanish yeso.

gypsum (a mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate)


teulada

From teula (“tile”), from Vulgar Latin *tegla, from Latin tēgula, or from a root *teglāta, from tēgulātum, from tēgula. Compare Spanish tejado, Portuguese telhado, Galician tellado.


guitarra

Borrowed from Arabic قِيثَارَة (qīṯāra). Doublet of cítara and cistre.


modernisme

Catalan Modernism, an artistic and cultural movement of the late 19th and early 20th century, similar to styles such as Art Nouveau


estable

Inherited from Latin stab(u)lum. Cf. the feminine doublet establa.


guitarrista

ca-noun

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristes)


gaita

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.


camerino

(theater, television, film) dressing room (a room in a theatre or other performance venue in which performers may change costumes and apply makeup)


maó

From Maó, capital city of Menorca, where it is produced.

a type of Menorcan cheese made from cow's milk (Spanish mahón)


manicomi

Borrowed from Spanish manicomio, based on nosocomio (“hospital”), from Ancient Greek νοσοκομεῖον (nosokomeîon), replacing νόσος (nósos, “disease”) with μανίᾱ (maníā, “madness”).

(now offensive) insane asylum, lunatic asylum, mental hospital


palet

(music, chiefly in the plural) drumstick


barraca

→ French: baraque (see there for further descendants)

→ Portuguese: barraca (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: barraca

Diminutive of barra (“clay, mud”), from Vulgar Latin *barrum, probably ultimately from Celtiberian or a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia.


bateria

bateria m or f by sense (plural bateries)


cubeta

From cup + -eta. Some usages influenced by French cuvette.


cítara

Learned borrowing from Latin cithara. Doublet of cistre and guitarra.


tambor

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic تابول (ṭabbúl), hypocorism/diminutive of Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr); see Persian طبل (“drum”).


galop

(music) galop (country dance in 2/4 time)


opereta

(music) operetta (lighter version of opera with a frivolous story and spoken dialogue)


bromista

ca-adj

bromista m or f (masculine and feminine plural bromistes)


armadura

Inherited from Latin armātūra (“armour”). Compare Occitan armadura or French armure.


muralla

Inherited from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.


mateixa

a variety of jota performed in Mallorca. It is performed by one couple at a time, and after the end of a set, one of the partners will be replaced, and the same (i.e. mateixa, hence the name) music and steps will be repeated by each successive pairing


constructivisme

ca-noun

constructivisme m (plural constructivismes)


mesquita

Borrowed from Arabic مَسْجِد (masjid), from the verb سَجَدَ (sajada, “to bow down”), from the root س ج د (s-j-d).


sinagoga

From Late Latin synagōga, from Ancient Greek συναγωγή (sunagōgḗ, “assembly”).


siringa

Borrowed from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of xeringa.


anacrusi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis).

bor+

(music) anacrusis; unstressed note or notes before the first strong beat (or downbeat) of a phrase


violinista

ca-noun

violinista m or f by sense (plural violinistes)


conservatori

ca-adj

conservatori (feminine conservatòria, masculine plural conservatoris, feminine plural conservatòries)

conservatòria (feminine)
conservatoris (masculine plural)
conservatòries (feminine plural)


quadra

(historical) ward (division of a castle)

section (of an industrial building), ward (of a hospital), etc.


fumera

(folklore) a doll with seven eyes which is placed near the fireplace during the Christmas season, supposedly to act as a spy for the Magi or the tió de Nadal


solista

ca-noun

solista m or f by sense (plural solistes)


flautista

flautista m or f by sense (plural flautistes)


centaure

Learned borrowing from Latin centaurus, from Ancient Greek κένταυρος (kéntauros).


cambra

Inherited from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα (kamára). Compare Occitan cambra and chambra. Doublet of càmera, a latinism.


golfes

Plural form of golfa, itself Inherited from Old Catalan algorfa, from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “room, compartment”).


drac

Inherited from Latin dracō (compare Occitan drac, Italian and Spanish drago, Romanian drac), from Ancient Greek δράκων (drákōn). Compare also Catalan dragó, from the Latin accusative dracōnem.

(heraldry) dragon (stylised representation)


paret

Inherited from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m.


animalista

ca-noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistes)

(art) animalist (painter or sculptor whose primary subject is animals)


gaveta

From Latin gabata, probably via Occitan.

(construction) trough, bucket (container for mixing mortar, cement, etc.)


suspens

Learned borrowing from Latin suspēnsus. Doublet of suspès. The narratological sense is a semantic loan from English.


oratori

ca-adj

oratori (feminine oratòria, masculine plural oratoris, feminine plural oratòries)

oratòria (feminine)
oratoris (masculine plural)
oratòries (feminine plural)

(relational) of an orator or oration; oratorical


dramaturg

ca-noun

dramaturg m (plural dramaturgs, feminine dramaturga)

dramaturgs (plural)
dramaturga (feminine)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δραματουργός (dramatourgós), probably via French dramaturge.

bor+

δραματουργός


octava

Borrowed from Latin octāvus (“one-eighth”). Doublet of octau. Cognate with Spanish ochava and Galician and Portuguese oitava.

(music) octave, the interval of 12 semitones or 8 degrees of the diatonic scale, representing a doubling or halving of a given pitch

(music) octave, the pitch at twice the frequency of a given pitch, a pitch raised one octave


follet

Follet de la nit, rei de l'enganyifa / Cada any per Sant Joan ens fa una visita / Adormo els infants i faig que somniïn

1981, Jaume Sisa (lyrics and music), “Nit de Sant Joan”:


babau

ca-noun

babau m (plural babaus, feminine babaua)


fosa

Nominalization of the feminine singular past participle of fondre.


saxofonista

saxofonista m or f by sense (plural saxofonistes)


trompeta

(botany) horn of plenty (Craterellus cornucopioides)

(botany, in the plural) angel's trumpet (Brugmansia arborea)


presbiteri

Learned borrowing from Latin presbyterium.


acotar

ca-verb

acotar (first-person singular present acoto, first-person singular preterite acotí, past participle acotat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

acotar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
acoto (first-person present singular)
acotí (first-person preterite singular)
acotat (participle past)
acotar (infinitive)
acotant (gerund)
acotat (masculine participle past singular)
acotada (feminine participle past singular)
acotats (masculine participle past plural)
acotades (feminine participle past plural)
acoto (first-person indicative present singular)
acotes (indicative present second-person singular)
acota (indicative present singular third-person)
acotem (first-person indicative plural present)
acoteu (indicative plural present second-person)
acoten (indicative plural present third-person)
acotava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
acotaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
acotava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
acotàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
acotàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
acotaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
acotaré (first-person future indicative singular)
acotaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
acotarà (future indicative singular third-person)
acotarem (first-person future indicative plural)
acotareu (future indicative plural second-person)
acotaran (future indicative plural third-person)
acotí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
acotares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
acotà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
acotàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
acotàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
acotaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
acotaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
acotaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
acotaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
acotaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
acotaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
acotarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
acoti (first-person present singular subjunctive)
acotis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
acoti (present singular subjunctive third-person)
acotem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
acoteu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
acotin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
acotés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
acotessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
acotés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
acotéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
acotéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
acotessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
acota (imperative second-person)
acoti (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
acotem (first-person imperative plural)
acoteu (imperative plural second-person)
acotin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no acotis (imperative negative second-person)
no acoti (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no acotem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no acoteu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no acotin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, theater) to annotate (a script of a play) with theatrical notes


guió

(film, theater) script (document containing the dialogue and action for a drama)


grisalla

Borrowed from French grisaille. By surface analysis, gris + -alla.


trol

From Swedish troll. The sense of "Internet troll" is a recent semantic loan from English.

A Mèxic, l’actual president Enrique Peña Nieto va ser acusat de crear trols anònims durant les darreres eleccions. L’escàndol es coneix com els “Peñabots”.

2016 September 8, Sergi Picazo, “Per què estem perdent Twitter en favor de la cultura de l’odi?”, in El Crític:

In Mexico, the current president Enrique Peña Nieto was accused of creating anonymous troll accounts during the last elections. The scandal is known as the “Peñabots”.


golfa

Inherited from Old Catalan algorfa, from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “room, compartment”). See also golfes.


piló

From Ancient Greek πυλών (pulṓn, “gateway”).


ermita

Borrowed from Late Latin erēmīta, from Ancient Greek ἐρημίτης (erēmítēs).


concertista

ca-noun

concertista m or f by sense (plural concertistes)


copisteria

copy shop (shop that does photocopying etc)


expressionisme

expressionisme m (plural expressionismes)


moló

From mola (“millstone”) + -ó (diminutive suffix).

af

(art) muller (grinding stone for pigments)


síncope

Borrowed from Late Latin syncope, from Ancient Greek συγκοπή (sunkopḗ).

(music) syncopation (off-beat placement of rhythmic stresses or accents)


quadre

First attested in 1403. Borrowed from Latin quadrus. Compare the inherited doublet caire.


selenita

Borrowed from Latin selēnītēs, from Ancient Greek σεληνῑ́της (selēnī́tēs).


xilofonista

ca-noun

xilofonista m or f by sense (plural xilofonistes)


arcosoli

Learned borrowing from Latin arcosolium.


vestidor

dressing room, walk-in closet (US), walk-in wardrobe (UK) (a small room adjoining a domestic bedroom where people may dress or undress in privacy)


videoclip

A les teles interrompen uns minuts els videoclips / I ara hi surt un periodista estressat pels teletips

2013, “Teresa Rampell”, in Guillem Gisbert (lyrics), Guillem Gisbert and Roger Padilla (music), Atletes, baixin de l'escenari, performed by Manel:

They interrupt the music videos on the TVs for a few minutes / and now a journalist, stressed by the teletypes, comes on


habitacle

Learned borrowing from Late Latin habitāculum. Doublet of bitàcola.

lbor

Només sé que han estat els cabrons de l'Alexis i l'Edu que m'han entaforat en un habitacle petitíssim on no em puc ni moure.

2022, Maria Carme Roca i Costa, Katalepsis:

I only know that it was those bastards Alexi and Edu who crammed me into a tiny abode where I can't even move.


trompeter

longspine snipefish (Macroramphosus scolopax)


pallasso

ca-noun

pallasso m (plural pallassos, feminine pallassa)

Borrowed from French paillasse, from Italian pagliaccio.


segona

(music) second ; Interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale


sexta

Borrowed from Latin sexta, feminine singular of sextus.


sèptima

Borrowed from Latin septimus (“seventh”).


percussionista

ca-noun

percussionista m or f by sense (plural percussionistes)


postludi

From post- + *ludi by analogy with preludi and interludi.


batuta

Borrowed from Italian battuta. Doublet of batuda.


matraca

Borrowed from Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa).

bor+

matraca (type of rattle formerly used to replace bells during Holy Week)


cantera

From cantar (“to sing”) + -era (“[suffix indicating desire]”).


pentagrama

(music) staff, stave (five lines to write music)


agulla

Inherited from Late Latin acūcula, a diminutive of Latin acus (“needle, pin”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”).


ovni

Acronym of objecte volador no identificat, a calque of English unidentified flying object.


bancal

bed, plot, terrace, parcel (agricultural)


multivers

multiverse (hypothetical group of all possible universes)


trobador

ca-noun

trobador m (plural trobadors, feminine trobadora)

Inherited from Old Catalan trobador, from Vulgar Latin *tropātōrem, agent noun based on Vulgar Latin *tropare, probably from Latin tropus, of Greek origin.


àbac

Borrowed from Latin abacus, abax; from Ancient Greek ἄβαξ (ábax, “board or slab”).

der

(architecture) an abacus (uppermost prismatic member of a column)

(construction) an abacus (plates of stone or metal used to cover a surface)


orquestra

Borrowed from Latin orchēstra, from Ancient Greek ὀρχήστρᾱ (orkhḗstrā).


murciana

a form of fandango originating in Murcia


dadà

ca-adj

dadà m or f (masculine and feminine plural dadàs)


cronofotografia

ca-noun

cronofotografia f (plural cronofotografies)


caricaturesc

ca-adj

caricaturesc (feminine caricaturesca, masculine plural caricaturescs or caricaturescos, feminine plural caricaturesques)

caricaturesca (feminine)
caricaturescs (masculine plural)
caricaturescos (masculine plural)
caricaturesques (feminine plural)

From caricatura (“caricature”) + -esc (“having the properties of”).


gòtic

ca-adj

gòtic (feminine gòtica, masculine plural gòtics, feminine plural gòtiques)

gòtica (feminine)
gòtics (masculine plural)
gòtiques (feminine plural)

Gothic (pertaining to the Goths or to the Gothic language)

Gothic (pertaining to the Gothic architecture or to Gothic art)

Gothic (pertaining to the goth subculture)


gòtic

Gothic (an example of Gothic architecture or of Gothic art)


gòtic

Gothic (a style of architecture and art common in 12th to 16th century Europe)

Gothic (an extinct East Germanic language spoken by the Goths)


vocalista

ca-noun

vocalista m or f by sense (plural vocalistes)


alemanya

allemande (a dance and the music for it)


escòcia

Borrowed from Latin scotia, from Ancient Greek σκοτία (skotía, “dark, shadowy”).


teatre

Borrowed from Latin theātrum, from Ancient Greek θέατρον (théatron, “a place for viewing”).


èxit

Borrowed from Latin exitus. Doublet of eixit.

grans èxits


trompetista

ca-noun

trompetista m or f by sense (plural trompetistes)


citarista

citarista m or f by sense (plural citaristes)


morter

mortar (small bowl used to crush or grind food)


apuntador

apuntador m (plural apuntadors, feminine apuntadora)

apuntadors (plural)
apuntadora (feminine)


polsar

ca-verb

polsar (first-person singular present polso, first-person singular preterite polsí, past participle polsat)

polso (first-person present singular)
polsí (first-person preterite singular)
polsat (participle past)
polsar (infinitive)
polsant (gerund)
polsat (masculine participle past singular)
polsada (feminine participle past singular)
polsats (masculine participle past plural)
polsades (feminine participle past plural)
polso (first-person indicative present singular)
polses (indicative present second-person singular)
polsa (indicative present singular third-person)
polsem (first-person indicative plural present)
polseu (indicative plural present second-person)
polsen (indicative plural present third-person)
polsava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
polsaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
polsava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
polsàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
polsàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
polsaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
polsaré (first-person future indicative singular)
polsaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
polsarà (future indicative singular third-person)
polsarem (first-person future indicative plural)
polsareu (future indicative plural second-person)
polsaran (future indicative plural third-person)
polsí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
polsares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
polsà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
polsàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
polsàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
polsaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
polsaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
polsaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
polsaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
polsaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
polsaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
polsarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
polsi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
polsis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
polsi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
polsem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
polseu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
polsin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
polsés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
polsessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
polsés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
polséssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
polséssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
polsessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
polsa (imperative second-person)
polsi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
polsem (first-person imperative plural)
polseu (imperative plural second-person)
polsin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no polsis (imperative negative second-person)
no polsi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no polsem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no polseu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no polsin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

From Latin pulsāre. In the sense of "take a pinch of", influenced by pols (“dust”).

(transitive, music) to play (an instrument); to strum (strings), to tickle (keys)


cloquer

Inherited from Late Latin *cloccārius, from clocca (“bell”).


barrufet

Uncertain, perhaps a metathesis of rebufet, from rebuf (“gust of wind”).

(mythology) a Catalan sprite of the wind


bambolina

Borrowed from Spanish bambalina (“backdrop”).

bor+

(theater) any part of the stage scenery that is suspended from the flies above the stage


claraboia

[klə.ɾəˈβɔ.jə]


funambulisme

tightrope walking (acrobatic feat of walking on a tightrope)


armari

Borrowed from Latin armārium. First attested in the 13th century.


solera

(construction) invert (floor of a tunnel)


augmentat

ca-adj

augmentat (feminine augmentada, masculine plural augmentats, feminine plural augmentades)

augmentada (feminine)
augmentats (masculine plural)
augmentades (feminine plural)

quinta augmentada


fetiller

ca-noun

fetiller m (plural fetillers, feminine fetillera)

(fantasy) a magician, wizard or sorcerer


marxant

marxant m or f by sense (plural marxants)

Borrowed from Old French marchant (“merchant”).


monjo

→? Aragonese: moncho

Inherited from Old Catalan monjo~monje, from Late Latin monicus, alteration of monachus.


església

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin ecclēsia, from Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία (ekklēsía).


vil·la

Borrowed from French villa, from Italian villa, from Latin villa.


Ventafocs

Verb-object compound, composed of venta (“to blow, to fan”) + focs (“fires”).


alcàsser

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”), whence also castell.


home llop

ca-noun

home llop m (plural homes llop, feminine dona llop)

homes llop (plural)
dona llop (feminine)


celler

From Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella.


sanefa

Borrowed from Arabic صَنِفَة (ṣanifa, “border of a dress”).


trast

Inherited from Latin trānstrum. Doublet of trasto.


aplacar

ca-verb

aplacar (first-person singular present aplaco, first-person singular preterite aplaquí, past participle aplacat)

aplaco (first-person present singular)
aplaquí (first-person preterite singular)
aplacat (participle past)

(carpentry) to veneer (to place a thin layer of wood over)


antífona

Borrowed from Medieval Latin antiphōna, from Ancient Greek ἀντίφωνα (antíphōna, “verse response”), from ἀντίφωνος (antíphōnos, “responsive”), from ἀντί (antí, “against, in return”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

der

(ecclesiastical, music) antiphon, antiphony


cuina

Inherited from Old Catalan coïna (with stress subsequently moved to the first vowel), from older cozina, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Compare Occitan cosina.


dibuixant

ca-noun

dibuixant m or f by sense (plural dibuixants)


dimoni

Borrowed from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), substantivised adjective from δαίμων (daímōn).


cartutx

Borrowed from Spanish cartucho, borrowed from French cartouche, borrowed from Italian cartoccio (“paper bag”).


comèdia

Borrowed from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía).


obertura

Inherited from Old Catalan obertura, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra (compare Occitan obertura~dobertura, French ouverture), alteration of Latin apertūra (compare Spanish abertura). By surface analysis, obert + -ura. Doublet of the borrowed form apertura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.


guitarra acústica

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarres acústiques)


guitarra elèctrica

guitarra elèctrica f (plural guitarres elèctriques)


instrument musical

instrument musical m (plural instruments musicals)


acordionista

acordionista m or f by sense (plural acordionistes)


masmorra

Borrowed from Spanish mazmorra, from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra).


habitació

(uncountable) habitation (act of inhabiting)


baix

Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Compare Occitan baish.

bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)

(castells) a casteller at the base of each of the columns that make up the tronc, supporting one of the segons on his or her shoulders


carbó

From Latin carbōnem. Doublet of carboni, a learned borrowing.


escalinata

a grand staircase, especially one exterior to a building


escenari

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenārium.


operista

operista m or f by sense (plural operistes)


cantautor

cantautor m (plural cantautors, feminine cantautora)

cantautors (plural)
cantautora (feminine)


estrofa

From Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”).


cornisa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís).


multilobular

ca-adj

multilobular m or f (masculine and feminine plural multilobulars)

multilobulars (feminine masculine plural)


voltat

voltat (feminine voltada, masculine plural voltats, feminine plural voltades)

voltada (feminine)
voltats (masculine plural)
voltades (feminine plural)


harpia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuiă).


ingeni

Borrowed from Spanish ingenio (azucarero), from Latin ingenium. Doublet of enginy, an inherited word.

(historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)


cistre

Borrowed from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)), and probably influenced by sistre, from Latin sistrum. Doublet of cítara and guitarra.


dramàtic

ca-noun

dramàtic m (plural dramàtics, feminine dramàtica)

Learned borrowing from Latin dramaticus.


talaia

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَائِع (ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعة (ṭalīʕa, “forefront, vanguard”).


caguera

Has estat massa dies sense caguera i això és dolent.

You've gone too many days without wanting to shit and that's bad.


caserna

Borrowed from French caserne, from Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin *quaderna. Doublet of quaderna.


cromofotografia

cromofotografia f (plural cromofotografies)


escriptori

graphical user interface
graphical user interface


xemeneia

Inherited from Old Catalan xemenea, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta.


bany

Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum.

bath (a substance or preparation in which something is immersed)


coreògraf

coreògraf m (plural coreògrafs, feminine coreògrafa)

coreògrafs (plural)
coreògrafa (feminine)


terrícola

terrícola m or f by sense (plural terrícoles)


tarima

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic طارمة (ṭārima), from Arabic طَارِمَة (ṭārima).

bor+

the step on which an altar rests, a predella


dríada

Learned borrowing from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”).


ciclop

From Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).


griu

Inherited from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grifó.

(heraldry) griffin (stylised representation)


entremès

Either from Latin intermissus, perfect participle of intermittō, or from French entremets, with the same ultimate origin.


rocalla

From rocall (“rocks, rocky debris”) + -a. Compare French rocaille.


xerrac

From serra + -ac, with palatalization of the initial consonant.


grapejar

ca-verb

grapejar (first-person singular present grapejo, first-person singular preterite grapegí, past participle grapejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

grapejar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
grapejo (first-person present singular)
grapegí (first-person preterite singular)
grapejat (participle past)
grapejar (infinitive)
grapejant (gerund)
grapejat (masculine participle past singular)
grapejada (feminine participle past singular)
grapejats (masculine participle past plural)
grapejades (feminine participle past plural)
grapejo (first-person indicative present singular)
grapeges (indicative present second-person singular)
grapeja (indicative present singular third-person)
grapegem (first-person indicative plural present)
grapegeu (indicative plural present second-person)
grapegen (indicative plural present third-person)
grapejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
grapejaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
grapejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
grapejàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
grapejàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
grapejaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
grapejaré (first-person future indicative singular)
grapejaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
grapejarà (future indicative singular third-person)
grapejarem (first-person future indicative plural)
grapejareu (future indicative plural second-person)
grapejaran (future indicative plural third-person)
grapegí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
grapejares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
grapejà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
grapejàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
grapejàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
grapejaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
grapejaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
grapejaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
grapejaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
grapejaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
grapejaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
grapejarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
grapegi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
grapegis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
grapegi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
grapegem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
grapegeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
grapegin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
grapegés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
grapegessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
grapegés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
grapegéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
grapegéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
grapegessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
grapeja (imperative second-person)
grapegi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
grapegem (first-person imperative plural)
grapegeu (imperative plural second-person)
grapegin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no grapegis (imperative negative second-person)
no grapegi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no grapegem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no grapegeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no grapegin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

From grapa (“paw”) + -ejar. First attested in 1803.


llaüt

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْعُود (al-ʕūd, “lute”).


epopeia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐποποιία (epopoiía).


mànec

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).


goig

Inherited from Latin gaudium. First attested in the 12th century. Doublet of gaudi, a later learned borrowing.

(poetry, especially in plural) a verse in praise of the Virgin Mary or a saint


trempar

ca-verb

trempar (first-person singular present trempo, first-person singular preterite trempí, past participle trempat); root stress: (Central, Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

trempar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
e (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
trempo (first-person present singular)
trempí (first-person preterite singular)
trempat (participle past)
trempar (infinitive)
trempant (gerund)
trempat (masculine participle past singular)
trempada (feminine participle past singular)
trempats (masculine participle past plural)
trempades (feminine participle past plural)
trempo (first-person indicative present singular)
trempes (indicative present second-person singular)
trempa (indicative present singular third-person)
trempem (first-person indicative plural present)
trempeu (indicative plural present second-person)
trempen (indicative plural present third-person)
trempava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
trempaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
trempava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
trempàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
trempàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
trempaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tremparé (first-person future indicative singular)
tremparàs (future indicative second-person singular)
tremparà (future indicative singular third-person)
tremparem (first-person future indicative plural)
trempareu (future indicative plural second-person)
tremparan (future indicative plural third-person)
trempí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
trempares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
trempà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
trempàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
trempàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tremparen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tremparia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
tremparies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tremparia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tremparíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tremparíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
tremparien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
trempi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
trempis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
trempi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
trempem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
trempeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
trempin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
trempés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
trempessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
trempés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
trempéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
trempéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
trempessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
trempa (imperative second-person)
trempi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
trempem (first-person imperative plural)
trempeu (imperative plural second-person)
trempin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no trempis (imperative negative second-person)
no trempi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no trempem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no trempeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no trempin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Latin temperāre (“to temper”). Doublet of temprar and temperar.


marcià

ca-adj

marcià (feminine marciana, masculine plural marcians, feminine plural marcianes)

marciana (feminine)
marcians (masculine plural)
marcianes (feminine plural)


marcià

ca-noun

marcià m (plural marcians, feminine marciana)


motllura

El Josep, de 54 anys, de la mítica llibreria Sant Jordi, amb motllures vuitcentistes, amb prou feines té clientela.

2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País:


locutori

Learned borrowing from Latin locūtōrium, from loquor (“to speak”).

(architecture, historical) locutory, parlor (room where monks are allowed to speak)


amfiteatre

Borrowed from Latin amphitheātrum, from Ancient Greek ἀμφιθέᾱτρον (amphithéātron).


hurí

Borrowed from French houri, from Persian حوری (huri), from Arabic حُورِيّ (ḥūriyy).


llogater

ca-noun

llogater m (plural llogaters, feminine llogatera)

From llogar + -at + -er. Doublet of llogader.

tenant (one who pays a fee in return for the use of property)


volada

(architecture) projecting element, cantilever


bandoneonista

bandoneonista m or f by sense (plural bandoneonistes)


iurta

Ultimately from Russian ю́рта (júrta, “yurt”) (itself from a Turkic language), probably via Spanish yurta or French yourte.


poterna

Borrowed from French poterne, from Old French posterne, from Late Latin posterula, diminutive of posterus.


coixí

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *coxīnum from coxa (“thigh”).


canalera

a vertical channel formed by a row of flat or concave tiles


rodona

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


pontet

From pont (“bridge”) + -et (diminutive suffix).


estria

Learned borrowing from Latin stria (“furrow”).


monologuista

ca-noun

monologuista m or f by sense (plural monologuistes)

monologist, monologuist, stand-up (comedian)


baixista

baixista m or f by sense (plural baixistes)


espineta

(Tarragona) dark meat from the neck of tuna


arquivolta

(architecture) archivolt (an ornamental molding or band following the underside of an arch)


sardana

Uncertain, perhaps from cerdana f (adjective), from Cerdanya.


romànic

ca-adj

romànic (feminine romànica, masculine plural romànics, feminine plural romàniques)

romànica (feminine)
romànics (masculine plural)
romàniques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin rōmānicus, equivalent to romà + -ic. Do not confuse with romàntic (“Romantic”).


compàs

barres de compàs


cobla

Inherited from Latin cōpula. Doublet of còpula.

(poetry) strophe (a pair of stanzas of alternating form on which the structure of a given poem is based)

a traditional Catalan music group of wind instruments


disminució

Alteration of Latin dēminūtiōnem, from dēminuō (“to diminish”).


alqueria

Borrowed from Arabic الْقَرِيَّة (al-qariyya, “village [as opposed to desert]”).

bor+

farmhouse or manor in an Andalusian style


guimbarda

Borrowed from French guimbarde, from Old Occitan guimar (“to leap”).


pleta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *plicta, aphaeretic and contracted form of applicita, perfect passive participle of applicō (“to attach”).


talaiot

→ English: talayot; ⇒ talayotic

→ Spanish: talayot; ⇒ talayótico, pretalayótico

From talaia (“watchtower”) + -ot (augmentative suffix).


contrafort

From contra + fort. Calque of French contrefort.


cabanya

Es tracta d'una mansió a l'exclusiva zona residencial de Hidden Hills de Los Angeles, que compta amb una cabanya, una cascada artificial i dues piscines situades als voltants d'una platja d'accés privat.

2016 October 19, “Pitt i Jolie aniran a sessions de teràpia amb els seus fills”, in El Periódico:


xofar

From the Hebrew שׁוֹפָר (shofár, “shofar”).

shofar (ram's horn trumpet used in Jewish rituals)


àrid

Borrowed from Latin āridus. Doublet of àrreu, an obsolete inherited form.


disminuït

ca-adj

disminuït (feminine disminuïda, masculine plural disminuïts, feminine plural disminuïdes)

disminuïda (feminine)
disminuïts (masculine plural)
disminuïdes (feminine plural)


búnquer

Borrowed from English bunker. In the military sense, via German Bunker.


inxa

According to Moll, probably inherited from Latin īnfula. Another possible origin is a borrowing from French anche (“musical reed”), from Old High German ancha (“leg, shin”).


calefacció

heating (system that raises the temperature of a room)


ampit

Inherited from Late Latin antepectus, from ante- + pectus. Doublet of empit.


tabal

Borrowed from Arabic طَبْل (ṭabl). Compare Spanish atabal.


discjòquei

ca-noun

discjòquei m or f by sense (plural discjòqueis)

Una pèrdua que s'ha solucionat ràpidament amb Feroz, un establiment que fa de l'elegància al plat i en l'interiorisme les seves senyes d'identitat, i que adorna amb una oferta que va més enllà, amb cocteleria i sessions de discjòquei en directe de dimecres a dissabte fins a les tres de la matinada.

2017 October 19, “Restaurant Feroz, elegància amb marxa”, in El Periódico:

A loss which was rapidly remedied with Feroz, an establishment which makes the symbols of its identity elegance in both cuisine and decor, and which augments this with an offering which goes further, with cocktails and live DJ sessions from Wednesday through Saturday until three in the morning.


varenga

Borrowed from Occitan varenga, from French varangue, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *wrangō via Norse. Related to English wrong.


òcul

Borrowed from Latin oculus. Doublet of ull, which was inherited.

(architecture) oculus (round or oval window)


ull de bou

[ˈuʎ də ˈβɔw]


cobertora

(roofing) the convex tile in a Roman-style or monk and nun roof; imbrex


graller

graller m (plural grallers, feminine grallera)


esbós

Borrowed from Italian sbozzo or Spanish esbozo.


contrabaix

[ˌkɔn.tɾəˈβaʃ]

Ab tot, els més importants eran el contrabaix y l'armonium.

1906, Josep Morató i Grau, Els habitants de la lluna, Ilustració Catalana, page 47:

In all, the most important ones were the double bass and the harmonium.


cromàtic

ca-adj

cromàtic (feminine cromàtica, masculine plural cromàtics, feminine plural cromàtiques)

cromàtica (feminine)
cromàtics (masculine plural)
cromàtiques (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin chrōmaticus, from Ancient Greek χρωματικός (khrōmatikós), from χρῶμα (khrôma).

(music) chromatic (using notes not belonging on the diatonic scale)


garjola

Uncertain. A connection with cajola < caveŏla has been proposed.


llindar

Em vaig dirigir al llindar del bosc, sense pressa però decidit, i l'únic soroll del món era el de la neu que trepitjava.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 16, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

I headed for the threshold of the forest, unhurriedly but resolutely, and the only noise in the world was that of the snow I was treading upon.


gratacel

Verb-object compound, composed of grata (“to scrape”) + cel (“sky”).


manobre

ca-noun

manobre m (plural manobres, feminine manobra)


porxo

→ Sardinian: porciu, prociu

→ Spanish: porche

Inherited from Old Catalan porxo~porxe, from Latin porticus. Doublet of the borrowing pòrtic.


esbiaixar

ca-verb

esbiaixar (first-person singular present esbiaixo, first-person singular preterite esbiaixí, past participle esbiaixat)

esbiaixo (first-person present singular)
esbiaixí (first-person preterite singular)
esbiaixat (participle past)
esbiaixar (infinitive)
esbiaixant (gerund)
esbiaixat (masculine participle past singular)
esbiaixada (feminine participle past singular)
esbiaixats (masculine participle past plural)
esbiaixades (feminine participle past plural)
esbiaixo (first-person indicative present singular)
esbiaixes (indicative present second-person singular)
esbiaixa (indicative present singular third-person)
esbiaixem (first-person indicative plural present)
esbiaixeu (indicative plural present second-person)
esbiaixen (indicative plural present third-person)
esbiaixava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
esbiaixaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
esbiaixava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
esbiaixàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
esbiaixàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
esbiaixaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
esbiaixaré (first-person future indicative singular)
esbiaixaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
esbiaixarà (future indicative singular third-person)
esbiaixarem (first-person future indicative plural)
esbiaixareu (future indicative plural second-person)
esbiaixaran (future indicative plural third-person)
esbiaixí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
esbiaixares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
esbiaixà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
esbiaixàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
esbiaixàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
esbiaixaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
esbiaixaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
esbiaixaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
esbiaixaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
esbiaixaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
esbiaixaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
esbiaixarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
esbiaixi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
esbiaixis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
esbiaixi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
esbiaixem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
esbiaixeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
esbiaixin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
esbiaixés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
esbiaixessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
esbiaixés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
esbiaixéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
esbiaixéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
esbiaixessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
esbiaixa (imperative second-person)
esbiaixi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
esbiaixem (first-person imperative plural)
esbiaixeu (imperative plural second-person)
esbiaixin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no esbiaixis (imperative negative second-person)
no esbiaixi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no esbiaixem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no esbiaixeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no esbiaixin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


enjardinar

enjardinar (first-person singular present enjardino, first-person singular preterite enjardiní, past participle enjardinat)

enjardino (first-person present singular)
enjardiní (first-person preterite singular)
enjardinat (participle past)
enjardinar (infinitive)
enjardinant (gerund)
enjardinat (masculine participle past singular)
enjardinada (feminine participle past singular)
enjardinats (masculine participle past plural)
enjardinades (feminine participle past plural)
enjardino (first-person indicative present singular)
enjardines (indicative present second-person singular)
enjardina (indicative present singular third-person)
enjardinem (first-person indicative plural present)
enjardineu (indicative plural present second-person)
enjardinen (indicative plural present third-person)
enjardinava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
enjardinaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
enjardinava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
enjardinàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
enjardinàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
enjardinaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
enjardinaré (first-person future indicative singular)
enjardinaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
enjardinarà (future indicative singular third-person)
enjardinarem (first-person future indicative plural)
enjardinareu (future indicative plural second-person)
enjardinaran (future indicative plural third-person)
enjardiní (first-person indicative preterite singular)
enjardinares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
enjardinà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
enjardinàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
enjardinàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
enjardinaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
enjardinaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
enjardinaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
enjardinaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
enjardinaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
enjardinaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
enjardinarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
enjardini (first-person present singular subjunctive)
enjardinis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
enjardini (present singular subjunctive third-person)
enjardinem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
enjardineu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
enjardinin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
enjardinés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
enjardinessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
enjardinés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
enjardinéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
enjardinéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
enjardinessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
enjardina (imperative second-person)
enjardini (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
enjardinem (first-person imperative plural)
enjardineu (imperative plural second-person)
enjardinin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no enjardinis (imperative negative second-person)
no enjardini (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no enjardinem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no enjardineu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no enjardinin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

[…] en aquesta zona, s'ha decidit que s'ampliarà la part enjardinada i es posaran bancs, fonts, un aparcament de bicicletes, papereres i una bona il·luminació perquè es converteixi en una zona de trobada i oci.

2016 October 6, “El veïnat del mercat de Sant Antoni guanya espais”, in El Periódico:


ciberpunk

Partial calque of English cyberpunk. Equivalent to ciber- + punk.


bemoll

(music) flat (a note played a semitone lower than a natural)


recambra

Jo crec que aquella era la seva manera d'aplicar els ideals tolerants que amagava a la recambra del seu esperit.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 1, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

I believe such was his way to apply the tolerant ideas he had hidden in the chamber of his mind.


fauvista

ca-adj

fauvista m or f (masculine and feminine plural fauvistes)


fauvista

ca-noun

fauvista m or f by sense (plural fauvistes)


gebre

Of Pre-Roman origin, probably from a Proto-Celtic *gēbros (“frozen, wintry”).
Compare French givre.


rebedor

From rebre (“to receive”) + -dor (nominalization suffix).


goja

Cognate with Occitan goja (“waitress”) (originally "young woman, maid"), perhaps from Hebrew גויה (goyá, “gentile woman”).


llinda

(architecture) lintel (horizontal structural beam)


carreu

Borrowed from Occitan carrèu, from French carreau, from Vulgar Latin *quadrellus, a diminutive of Latin quadrus. Doublet of cairell.


flabiol

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *flabeolum, diminutive of flabrum (“gust”) from flare (“to blow”). Cognate with French flageolet.


vestíbul

(architecture) vestibule (a passage, hall or room between the outer door and the interior of a building)


coronament

(architecture) any sort of decorative element placed atop a structure, such as an acroterium, spire, parapet, etc.


arranjament

(music) arrangement (an adaptation of a piece of music)


pòrtic

Borrowed from Latin porticus. Doublet of porxo.


mènsula

Learned borrowing from Latin mēnsula, diminutive of mensa (“table”).


nínxol

(ecology) niche (a function within an ecological system to which an organism is especially suited)


lluerna

Inherited from Old Catalan [Term?], from Latin lucerna. Compare Occitan lusèrna.

skylight (a window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling)


ràfec

From earlier rafe, from Arabic رَفّ (raff, “shelf, awning”).


fornícula

Learned borrowing from New Latin fornicula, diminutive of fornix (“arch, vault”).


matacà

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + ca (“dog”).


baríton

baritone (the male voice between tenor and bass)


paranimf

Learned borrowing from Latin paranymphus, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφος (părắnŭmphos).


EPI

Acronym of equip de protecció individual.


lliscat

(construction) render (thin coating of plaster)


solà

(architecture) terrace, veranda; loft, attic


llotja

Inherited from Old Catalan loja, borrowed from Old French loge, borrowed from Frankish *laubijā, from Proto-West Germanic *laub + *-jō.


corretja

From Latin corrigia. First attested in 1271.

(architecture) purlin (longitudinal structural member of a roof)


tallafoc

Verb-object compound, composed of talla (“to cut”) + foc (“fire”).


pinzell

→ Portuguese: pincel

→ Spanish: pincel

Inherited from Latin pēnicillum (“paintbrush”).

inh+

(botany) Staehelina dubia, a flowering plant native to the western Mediterranean


ribot

(carpentry) plane (tool for smoothing wood)


fusterejar

ca-verb

fusterejar (first-person singular present fusterejo, first-person singular preterite fusteregí, past participle fusterejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

fusterejar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
fusterejo (first-person present singular)
fusteregí (first-person preterite singular)
fusterejat (participle past)
fusterejar (infinitive)
fusterejant (gerund)
fusterejat (masculine participle past singular)
fusterejada (feminine participle past singular)
fusterejats (masculine participle past plural)
fusterejades (feminine participle past plural)
fusterejo (first-person indicative present singular)
fustereges (indicative present second-person singular)
fustereja (indicative present singular third-person)
fusteregem (first-person indicative plural present)
fusteregeu (indicative plural present second-person)
fusteregen (indicative plural present third-person)
fusterejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
fusterejaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
fusterejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
fusterejàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
fusterejàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
fusterejaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
fusterejaré (first-person future indicative singular)
fusterejaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
fusterejarà (future indicative singular third-person)
fusterejarem (first-person future indicative plural)
fusterejareu (future indicative plural second-person)
fusterejaran (future indicative plural third-person)
fusteregí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
fusterejares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
fusterejà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
fusterejàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
fusterejàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
fusterejaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
fusterejaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
fusterejaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
fusterejaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
fusterejaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
fusterejaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
fusterejarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
fusteregi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
fusteregis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
fusteregi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
fusteregem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
fusteregeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
fusteregin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
fusteregés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
fusteregessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
fusteregés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
fusteregéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
fusteregéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
fusteregessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
fustereja (imperative second-person)
fusteregi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
fusteregem (first-person imperative plural)
fusteregeu (imperative plural second-person)
fusteregin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no fusteregis (imperative negative second-person)
no fusteregi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no fusteregem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no fusteregeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no fusteregin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


galotxa

[ɡəˈlɔ.t͡ʃə]

Borrowed from French galoche; see there for further etymology. Compare also Occitan galòcha.


basament

(architecture) the base and pedestal of a column


dona d'aigua

Potser per això, al seu tercer i darrer títol, Canto jo i la muntanya balla (guardonat, és clar: Llibres Anagrama de Novel·la), núvols, cabirols, bolets i dones d’aigua parlen, en el que la crítica ha coincidit que és dels millors títols del curs que s’acaba.

2019 June 29, Carles Geli, “Irene Solà: “L’art m’ha donat irreverència, un punt de bogeria literària””, in El País:

(mythology) feminine being that lives in places with fresh water


lleixa

From Old Catalan lleixar, leixar, source of modern deixar.


galilea

Borrowed from Late Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea.


predel·la

[pɾəˈðɛl.lə]

predella (the lowest section of an altarpiece, often divided into smaller panels)