os

Inherited from Old Catalan os, from Latin ossum, non-standard variant of os.


canal

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

inh+

canal digestiu


carp

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “wrist”).


sang

Inherited from Old Catalan sang~sanch, from Vulgar Latin sanguem, alteration of Classical Latin sanguinem, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁sh₂-én-, oblique stem of *h₁ésh₂r̥ (“blood”). Its gender could also be masculine in Old Catalan, as it was in Latin. Compare Occitan sang, French sang.


testicle

Borrowed from Latin testiculus, diminutive of testis.


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


call

Borrowed from Hebrew קָהָל (qahál, “assembly, synagogue”).


cos

Inherited from Old Catalan cors, from Latin corpus. Doublet of the borrowing corpus.


lumbar

ca-adj

lumbar m or f (masculine and feminine plural lumbars)


si

From Old Catalan si~sin, from Latin sĭnus.


front

Inherited from Latin frontem, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰron-t-, from *bʰren- (“project”). Compare Occitan front, French front, Spanish frente.


bulb

(botany) bulb (bulb-shaped root of a plant)


nuca

Borrowed from Medieval Latin nucha, from Arabic نُخَاع (nuḵāʕ).


gland

Borrowed from Latin glāns. Doublet of gla.


placenta

Borrowed from New Latin placenta, from Latin placenta (“cake”), from Ancient Greek πλακόεντα (plakóenta), accusative of πλακόεις (plakóeis, “flat”).


cap

Inherited from Vulgar Latin capus (“head, chief”), from Latin caput (“head, etc.”), from Proto-Italic *kaput, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kauput-, *káput. Compare Occitan cap. Compare also French personne (which can mean either "person" or "nobody").


mel

Inherited from Late Latin mēlum, variant of mālum (“apple”).


peu

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

(idiomatic) No tenir cap ni peus

to be something absurd (an idiom, literally Not having a head nor feet)

(idiomatic) Caure l'ànima als peus (a algú)

(somebody) to suffer an unpleasant surprise or a sudden fear (an idiom, literally To fall one's soul to one's feet)

(idiomatic) Poder-hi pujar de peus

to rely on an outcome, to be absolutely certain of something (an idiom, literally To be allowed to go up something on one's feet)

(idiomatic) Ficar els peus a la galleda

to make a mistake, to suffer a failure (an idiom, literally To put one's feet in the bucket)

(idiomatic) Sortir amb els peus per davant

to die, to be taken to burial (an idiom, literally To get out with one's feet in front)


vagina

Learned borrowing from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of beina.


ull

Inherited from Vulgar Latin oclus, from Latin oculus, from Proto-Italic *okelos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃okʷ-, *h₃ekʷ- (“eye; to see”). Compare Occitan uèlh, French œil, Spanish ojo, Portuguese olho, Italian occhio. Doublet of òcul, a borrowing from Latin.


palatal

ca-adj

palatal m or f (masculine and feminine plural palatals)


barb

barbel (freshwater fish of the genus Barbus)


pus

Inherited from Old Catalan pus, from Latin post.


aorta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀορτή (aortḗ, “the arteries springing from the heart”), from ἀορτέω (aortéō), lengthened form of ἀείρω (aeírō, “to lift, raise”).


neural

ca-adj

neural m or f (masculine and feminine plural neurals)


iris

Learned borrowing from Latin īris, from Ancient Greek ἶρις (îris).


quim

Learned borrowing from Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).


mec

ca-adj

mec (feminine meca, masculine plural mecs, feminine plural meques)

meca (feminine)
mecs (masculine plural)
meques (feminine plural)

Unknown. First attested in the 14th century.


gamba

Borrowed from Italian gamba. Doublet of cama.

shank (any of various birds in the genus Tringa)


androgen

[ənˈdɾɔ.ʒən]


fel

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *felem m or f, from Latin fel n.


dorsal

ca-adj

dorsal m or f (masculine and feminine plural dorsals)


frontal

From front + -al, or borrowed from Medieval Latin frontālis (“frontal”), from Latin frōns.


barra

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


buc

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


anca

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *hanca, from Proto-Germanic *hankō (related to *ankijǭ (“joint, limb”)). Cognate with English haunch.


dit

Inherited from Latin digitus. Doublet of dígit. Cognate with Occitan det and dit, French doigt, Spanish dedo and dígito, Portuguese dedo and dígito, and Galician dedo.

tres o quatre dits d'ample


ventre

ventre de la cama


radi

Borrowed from Latin radius. Compare raig, an inherited doublet.


vertebral

ca-adj

vertebral m or f (masculine and feminine plural vertebrals)


cama

Inherited from Late Latin gamba (“horse's hock”), from Ancient Greek καμπή (kampḗ, “bend”). Doublet of gamba.


vena

Inherited from Old Catalan vena, from Latin vēna, of uncertain Proto-Indo-European origin.


peritoneal

ca-adj

peritoneal m or f (masculine and feminine plural peritoneals)


vaginal

vaginal m or f (masculine and feminine plural vaginals)


intercostal

intercostal m or f (masculine and feminine plural intercostals)

intercostals (feminine masculine plural)


costal

costal m or f (masculine and feminine plural costals)


orina

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aurīna, alteration of Latin ūrīna. Medieval Catalan also had a variant urina, matching the original Latin form.


coll

Inherited from Latin collum. Compare Occitan còl and French cou.

mal de coll


subdural

subdural m or f (masculine and feminine plural subdurals)


polla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pulla, feminine form of Latin pullus. Compare French poule, Spanish polla, Romanian pulă.


parietal

Borrowed from Latin parietālis (“relating to walls”), from pariēs (“wall of a house”).


copa

Inherited from Late Latin cuppa, from Latin cūpa. Compare Occitan copa, French coupe, Spanish copa.


tars

From New Latin tarsus, from Ancient Greek τᾰρσός (tarsós, “the flat of the foot; the edge of the eyelid and its lashes”).


pell

Inherited from Old Catalan pell~peyl, from Latin pellem, from Proto-Italic *pelnis, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“to cover, wrap; skin, hide; cloth”).


llengua

Inherited from Old Catalan lengua, from Latin lingua, from Old Latin dingua, from Proto-Italic *denɣwā, from Proto-Indo-European *dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s.


nas

Inherited from Old Catalan nas, from Latin nāsus, from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s.


cella

Inherited from Latin cilia, plural of cilium.


moc

Inherited from Latin mŭccus, an alternative form of mūcus, from Proto-Indo-European *mew-k- (“slimy, slippery”).


derma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).


ris

Cognate with Italian riccio, making it a doublet of rínxol.


pota

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

caminar a quatre potes

una taula de quatre potes


bava

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *baba, of infantile/nursery origin.

onomatopoeic

nursery


trompa

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


nus

Possibly a deverbal of nusar, from Vulgar Latin *nōdāre, from Latin nōdus. Alternatively, from the plural of nu, from older Old Catalan nuu, from Vulgar Latin *nūdus, alteration of Latin nōdus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gned-, *gnod- (“to bind”). Compare Occitan nos, French nœud, Spanish nudo.


adrenalina

(biochemistry) adrenaline (epinephrine, the hormone and neurotransmitter)


filtre

Learned borrowing from Latin philtrum, from Ancient Greek φίλτρον (phíltron, “spell, love potion”).

der

(anatomy) philtrum (groove in the upper lip)


calavera

Tenia fama d'haver estat un calavera de fadrí.

2004, Fany Tur Riera, “6 de maig de 1838. Assassinat a ses Feixes" in Eivissa”, in Institut d'Estudis Eivissencs, number 41, page 38:

He had the reputation of having been a libertine bachelor.


templa

Inherited from Latin tempora, plural of tempus, construed as a singular.


tosa

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of tondre.

the time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration


paladar

desc

→ Sardinian: paladare, paladari (Campidanese) (or from Spanish)

→ Sicilian: palataru, balataru (or from Spanish)

Inherited from Old Catalan paladar, from Vulgar Latin *palātārem, derived from Latin palātum.


tondre

ca-verb

tondre (first-person singular present tonc, first-person singular preterite tonguí, past participle tos); root stress: (Central, Balearic) /ɔ/; (Valencia) /o/

tondre (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
/o/ (canonical)
tonc (first-person present singular)
tonguí (first-person preterite singular)
tos (participle past)
tondre (infinitive)
tonent (gerund)
tos (masculine participle past singular)
tosa (feminine participle past singular)
tosos (masculine participle past plural)
toses (feminine participle past plural)
tonc (first-person indicative present singular)
tons (indicative present second-person singular)
ton (indicative present singular third-person)
tonem (first-person indicative plural present)
toneu (indicative plural present second-person)
tonen (indicative plural present third-person)
tonia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tonies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tonia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
toníem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
toníeu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tonien (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
tondré (first-person future indicative singular)
tondràs (future indicative second-person singular)
tondrà (future indicative singular third-person)
tondrem (first-person future indicative plural)
tondreu (future indicative plural second-person)
tondran (future indicative plural third-person)
tonguí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tongueres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tongué (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tonguérem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tonguéreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tongueren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tondria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
tondries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tondria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tondríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tondríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
tondrien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
tongui (first-person present singular subjunctive)
tonguis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
tongui (present singular subjunctive third-person)
tonguem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
tongueu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
tonguin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tongués (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tonguessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tongués (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tonguéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tonguéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tonguessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
ton (imperative second-person)
tongui (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
tonguem (first-person imperative plural)
toneu (imperative plural second-person)
tonguin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no tonguis (imperative negative second-person)
no tongui (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no tonguem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no tongueu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no tonguin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tondĕre, variant of Latin tondēre. Cognate with French tondre.


cardio-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”).


cecal

ca-adj

cecal m or f (masculine and feminine plural cecals)


anatomia

Borrowed from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek *ἀνατομία (*anatomía).


tors

From Italian torso. Possibly a doublet of tros.


laringe

From Ancient Greek λάρυγξ, λάρυγγος (lárunx, lárungos, “larynx, throat”).

der

λάρυγξ, λάρυγγος


nervi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin nervium, from Latin nervus.


crani

Borrowed from Medieval Latin crānium, from Ancient Greek κρᾱνίον (krāníon, “upper part of the head, skull”).


gangli

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ganglion, from Ancient Greek γᾰγγλῐ́ον (ganglíon).


meninge

From Ancient Greek μῆνιγξ (mêninx, “skin, membrane; lees of wine”).


depilatori

ca-adj

depilatori (feminine depilatòria, masculine plural depilatoris, feminine plural depilatòries)

depilatòria (feminine)
depilatoris (masculine plural)
depilatòries (feminine plural)


colze

Inherited from Old Catalan colde, from pre-literary *coude (with hypercorrection of coda [w] to [ɫ]), from Latin cubitum. Compare the development of Catalan malalt, delme from original malaute, deume (Latin male habitus, decimus). The subsequent change from /d/ to /(d)z/ may have been by analogy with polze (“thumb”). Doublet of cúbit, a borrowing from Latin.

(historical) codo, Spanish cubit, a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 41.6 cm


espatlla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *spatla, from Late Latin spatula, diminutive of Latin spatha. Compare Occitan espatla, French épaule, Spanish espalda (“back”).
Doublet of espàtula, a borrowing.


canell

From cana + -ell, from an older variant of canya, from Latin canna.


mugró

Inherited from Latin mucrōnem (“point, tip”).


cabell

Inherited from Latin capillus. Compare Occitan cabel.


panxa

panxa enlaire

in supine position, lying on one's back (an idiom, literally belly upward)


orella

Inherited from Old Catalan oreyla~oreylla~orella, from Latin ōricula, variant of auricula.


cua

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cōda, early monophthongized variant of Latin cauda. Compare Occitan coa, French queue, Spanish cola.


medul·la espinal

ca-noun

medul·la espinal f (plural medul·les espinals)


cervell

Inherited from Latin cerebellum (compare Occitan cervèl, French cerveau, Italian cervello), diminutive of cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). See also cerebel, which is a later re-borrowing.


colorectal

ca-adj

colorectal m or f (masculine and feminine plural colorectals)


rafe

Borrowed from Late Latin raphē, from Ancient Greek ῥαφή (rhaphḗ, “seam”).


faceta

(anatomy) facet (one member of a compound eye, as found in insects and crustaceans)


llàgrima

Inherited from Latin lācrima (compare Occitan lagrema, French larme, Spanish lágrima), from Old Latin lacruma, dacrima, dacruma, from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.


llet

Inherited from Old Catalan let, leyt f, from Late Latin lactem, from Latin lac n. First attested in the 14th century. Compare Occitan lach, lèit, lait and Aragonese leit, let, llet.


trapezi

Borrowed from Late Latin trapezium, from Ancient Greek τραπέζιον (trapézion).


perineu

Learned borrowing from Late Latin perinaeum.


miopia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía).


tossa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia word *taucia (“stump”).


braç

Inherited from Latin brachium or bracchium, from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn). Compare Occitan braç, Portuguese braço, Spanish brazo and Italian braccio.

(idiomatic) Estirar més el braç que la màniga

to spend more than one can afford (an idiom, literally to stretch the arm more than the sleeve)


immunoglobulina

ca-noun

immunoglobulina f (plural immunoglobulines)


columna vertebral

columna vertebral f (plural columnes vertebrals)


escrot

Learned borrowing from Latin scrōtum. First attested in the 19th century.


maluc

Variant of amaluc, from Arabic عَظْم الْحُقّ (ʕaẓm al-ḥuqq), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) and حُقّ (ḥuqq, “joint”).

der

عَظْم الْحُقّ

El nou sistema de talles mesurarà bust, cintura i maluc en relació amb l'altura.

2008 February 8, El Periódico de Catalunya:

The new system of sizes will measure bust, waist and hips in relation to height.


escorça

(anatomy) the outer covering of an organ


conducte deferent

ca-noun

conducte deferent m (plural conductes deferents)


aixella

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *axella, from Late Latin ascella, from Latin axilla. Compare Occitan aissèla, French aisselle, Italian ascella. Doublet of axil·la, a borrowing from Latin.


falange

Borrowed from Latin phalangem, from Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “battle order, array”). Cf. also the related palanca.


faringe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx).


retroperitoneal

ca-adj

retroperitoneal m or f (masculine and feminine plural retroperitoneals)

retroperitoneals (feminine masculine plural)


bíceps

Borrowed from Latin biceps (“double-headed”).


precordial

ca-adj

precordial m or f (masculine and feminine plural precordials)


sinapsi

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek σύναψις (súnapsis, “conjunction”), from συνάπτω (sunáptō, “to clasp”).


os pisiforme

ca-noun

os pisiforme m (plural ossos pisiformes)


doga

Inherited from Late Latin doga (“vat”), from Ancient Greek δοχή (dokhḗ).


fisonomia

Borrowed from Late Latin physiognōmia, from Ancient Greek φυσιογνωμίᾱ (phusiognōmíā).


cigala

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda.


arruga

Ja li han sortit arrugues a la cara.

Wrinkles have already appeared on his/her face.


mentó

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mentōnem, an augmentative of Latin mentum (“chin”). Compare French menton.


úvula

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ūvula, diminutive of Latin ūva (“grape”).


nimfa

Borrowed from Latin nympha, from Ancient Greek νύμφη (númphē).


colló

Inherited from Late Latin cōleōnem, derived from Latin cōleus (“sack, scrotum”). Compare Occitan colhon, French couillon.


clavícula

Borrowed from Latin clavicula. Compare the inherited doublet clavilla.


vesícula

Borrowed from Latin vēsīcula (“little bladder”).


mio-

From Ancient Greek μυός (muós, “muscle”).


natja

From Late Latin natica, an adjectival term based on Latin natis (“rump, buttock”). Cognate to Italian natica.


cuixa

Inherited from Late Latin coxa (“thigh”), from Latin coxa (“hip”). Compare Occitan cuèissa, French cuisse.


tríceps braquial

ca-noun

tríceps braquial m (plural tríceps braquials)


bíceps braquial

bíceps braquial m (plural bíceps braquials)


tríceps

Learned borrowing from Latin trīceps (“triple-headed”).


clítoris

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλειτορίς (kleitorís).

bor+

(anatomy) clitoris (elongated erectile organ)


tracte

tracte vocal


bessó

ca-adj

bessó (feminine bessona, masculine plural bessons, feminine plural bessones)

bessona (feminine)
bessons (masculine plural)
bessones (feminine plural)

Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included Proto-Indo-European *bekione (“double, partner”), Latin *bissōne (“double”), and a pre-Roman *bikione related to Basque biki (“twin”), biko (“pair”), and bikun (“double”). Compare Franco-Provençal besson, Occitan besson and Piedmontese bësson

(botany, relational) of conjoined fruits that are usually separate


raquis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis).

bor+

(botany, zoology, anatomy, ornithology) rachis


vesícula vitel·lina

ca-noun

vesícula vitel·lina f (plural vesícules vitel·lines)


vesícula seminal

vesícula seminal f (plural vesícules seminals)


vesícula biliar

vesícula biliar f (plural vesícules biliars)


somrís

From Latin subrīsus, perfect passive participle of subrīdēre (“to smile”).


somriure

ca-verb

somriure (first-person singular present somric, first-person singular preterite somriguí, past participle somrigut)

somric (first-person present singular)
somriguí (first-person preterite singular)
somrigut (participle past)
somriure (infinitive)
somrient (gerund)
somrigut (masculine participle past singular)
somriguda (feminine participle past singular)
somriguts (masculine participle past plural)
somrigudes (feminine participle past plural)
somric (first-person indicative present singular)
somrius (indicative present second-person singular)
somriu (indicative present singular third-person)
somriem (first-person indicative plural present)
somrieu (indicative plural present second-person)
somriuen (indicative plural present third-person)
somreia (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
somreies (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
somreia (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
somrèiem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
somrèieu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
somreien (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
somriuré (first-person future indicative singular)
somriuràs (future indicative second-person singular)
somriurà (future indicative singular third-person)
somriurem (first-person future indicative plural)
somriureu (future indicative plural second-person)
somriuran (future indicative plural third-person)
somriguí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
somrigueres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
somrigué (indicative preterite singular third-person)
somriguérem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
somriguéreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
somrigueren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
somriuria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
somriuries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
somriuria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
somriuríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
somriuríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
somriurien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
somrigui (first-person present singular subjunctive)
somriguis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
somrigui (present singular subjunctive third-person)
somriguem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
somrigueu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
somriguin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
somrigués (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
somriguessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
somrigués (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
somriguéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
somriguéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
somriguessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
somriu (imperative second-person)
somrigui (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
somriguem (first-person imperative plural)
somrieu (imperative plural second-person)
somriguin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no somriguis (imperative negative second-person)
no somrigui (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no somriguem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no somrigueu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no somriguin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Old Catalan somriure~sumriure, from Vulgar Latin *subrīdĕre, from Latin subrīdēre. Compare Occitan sorire.


escot

ca-noun

escot m (plural escots, feminine escota)

(historical) Scotus; a member of the Goidelic peoples that raided Roman Britain from Ireland, and then in the Early Middle Ages invaded and settled Western Scotland


esquelet

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σκελετός (skeletós, “dried up”).


tíbia

Borrowed from Latin tībia. Doublet of tija.


casc

casc antic


pulmó

Borrowed from Latin pulmōnem, from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō. First attested in the 14th century.


cerebel

Borrowed from Latin cerebellum. Compare also cervell, which evolved naturally from the same source.


quil

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χυλός (khulós, “juice”).


galta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gauta, *gabita, from Gaulish *gauta (“cheek”), from Proto-Celtic *gaba, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵebʰ-.


genoll

Inherited from Old Catalan genoyll (and numerous other variants), from Late Latin genuculum, alteration of Latin geniculum, diminutive of genū (“knee”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵónu.


artèria

Learned borrowing from Latin artēria, from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρτηρῐ́ᾱ (artēríā, “windpipe; artery”).


múscul

Learned borrowing from Latin musculus. Doublet of muscle (“shoulder”) and musclo (“mussel”).


axil·la

Borrowed from Latin axilla (“side, armpit”). Doublet of the inherited aixella.


ronyó

Inherited from Old Catalan renyó~ronyó, from Vulgar Latin *rōniōnem~*rēniōnem, derived from Latin rēn, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰren- (“an internal part of the body”). Compare Aragonese rinyón, Occitan renhon, ronhon; French rognon, Spanish riñón.


trena

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *trēna, from Latin trīna (“triple”).


aurícula

Borrowed from Latin auricula (“outer ear”). Doublet of orella.

bor+

(anatomy) pinna, auricle (the visible part of the ear that resides outside of the head)

(anatomy) atrium (one of two upper chambers of the heart)


enemic

ca-adj

enemic (feminine enemiga, masculine plural enemics, feminine plural enemigues)

enemiga (feminine)
enemics (masculine plural)
enemigues (feminine plural)

Inherited from Latin inimīcus. Compare Occitan enemic.


fetge

Inherited from Late Latin fīcātum (“liver”) (compare Occitan fetge, French foie, Spanish hígado), ellipsis of Latin iecur fīcātum (“fig-stuffed liver”). First attested in 1288.

der

(idiomatic) de sang i fetge

with violent and gory details (literally, “of blood and liver”) used to describe a truculent show

(idiomatic) treure el fetge

to make great efforts to achieve something (literally, “to throw up the liver”)

(idiomatic) posar-se pedres al fetge

to worry about something (literally, “to have stones in the liver”)

setze jutges d'un jutjat mengen fetge d'un penjat
a tongue twister
(literally, “sixteen judges of a court eat liver from a hanged man”)
the quintessential Catalan tongue twister to test your voiced sibillant consonants [z,ʒ,dz,dʒ]


tendó d'Aquil·les

ca-noun

tendó d'Aquil·les m (plural tendons d'Aquil·les)


cordó

From corda (“string”) + -ó. Compare French cordon, Italian cordone.


turmell

From tormo (“boulder”) + -ell, due to the protuberant nature of the ankle joint.


òrgan

Borrowed from Latin organum. Doublet of orgue, which was inherited.


istme

Borrowed from Latin isthmus, from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (isthmós, “neck”).


esquena

From Frankish *skina, from Proto-Germanic *skinō. Compare English shin, Dutch scheen, German Schiene.

Sento dolor a les esquenes.


xona

type of small land snail (Iberus gualtieranus alonensis) endemic to the Iberian Peninsula


glàndula

Learned borrowing from Latin glandula. Doublet of glànola, a popular development.


esquelètic

ca-adj

esquelètic (feminine esquelètica, masculine plural esquelètics, feminine plural esquelètiques)

esquelètica (feminine)
esquelètics (masculine plural)
esquelètiques (feminine plural)


martell

Inherited from Old Catalan martell, from Late Latin martellus, itself a diminutive of martulus, variant of Latin marculus, or alternatively based on malleus. Compare Occitan martèl, French marteau, Portuguese martelo and Italian martello.


fre

Inherited from Latin frēnum (compare Occitan fren, French frein, Spanish freno).


nariu

Inherited from Late Latin nārīcem, ultimately derived from Latin nāris.


dentat

dentat (feminine dentada, masculine plural dentats, feminine plural dentades)

dentada (feminine)
dentats (masculine plural)
dentades (feminine plural)

(chiefly zoology, botany) dentate; having teeth


glàndula sebàcia

ca-noun

glàndula sebàcia f (plural glàndules sebàcies)


xampú

Borrowed from English shampoo, from Hindi चाँपो (cā̃po, “to press, knead”), from Sanskrit चपयति (√cap, “to pound, kneed”).


glàndula pituïtària

ca-noun

glàndula pituïtària f (plural glàndules pituïtàries)


cos pituïtari

cos pituïtari m (plural cossos pituïtaris)


còclea

Borrowed from Latin cochlea, from Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías, “spiral, snail shell”).


còrnia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cornea.


encèfal

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐγκέφαλος (enképhalos, “within the head”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”).


maixella

Inherited from Old Catalan maxella, from Latin maxilla. Compare Occitan maissèla, Spanish mejilla.


fíbula

Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle”). Compare the inherited doublet sivella.


cabellera

[kə.βəˈʎe.ɾə]


pròstata

Borrowed from Medieval Latin prostata, from Ancient Greek προστάτης (prostátēs, “one standing before, protector”), from πρό (pró, “before”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”).


traqueal

ca-adj

traqueal m or f (masculine and feminine plural traqueals)


pancreàtic

pancreàtic (feminine pancreàtica, masculine plural pancreàtics, feminine plural pancreàtiques)

pancreàtica (feminine)
pancreàtics (masculine plural)
pancreàtiques (feminine plural)


pàncrees

Learned borrowing from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas).


sistema nerviós

ca-noun

sistema nerviós m (plural sistemes nerviosos)


mostatxo

From Italian mostaccio, probably borrowed via Spanish mostacho.


queixal del seny

queixal del seny m (plural queixals del seny)


queixal

From queix (“lower maxillar”), from Vulgar Latin capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”) and capsus (“wagon body”), or possibly directly from this last one.


fal·lus

Borrowed from Latin phallus, from Ancient Greek φαλλός (phallós).


himen

Borrowed from Latin hymen, from Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humḗn, “skin, membrane”).


cartilaginós

ca-adj

cartilaginós (feminine cartilaginosa, masculine plural cartilaginosos, feminine plural cartilaginoses)

cartilaginosa (feminine)
cartilaginosos (masculine plural)
cartilaginoses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin cartilāginōsus. By surface analysis, cartílag + -ós.


atles

From Atles (“Atlas”), from Latin Ātlās, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).


esmalt

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin smaltum.


estrep

Probably from Frankish *streup, compare French étrier.


enclusa

Inherited from Latin incūdem, through a Vulgar Latin root *inclūdinem, through the influence of inclūdō or inclūsores. Compare Occitan enclutge, French enclume, Spanish yunque.


calcani

ca-adj

calcani (feminine calcània, masculine plural calcanis, feminine plural calcànies)

calcània (feminine)
calcanis (masculine plural)
calcànies (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin calcāneum. Cf. also the archaic doublet calcany.


pòmul

Borrowed from Latin pomulum, diminutive of pōmum (“fruit”).


metatarsià

metatarsià (feminine metatarsiana, masculine plural metatarsians, feminine plural metatarsianes)

metatarsiana (feminine)
metatarsians (masculine plural)
metatarsianes (feminine plural)


cúbit

Borrowed from Latin cubitus (“elbow”). Doublet of colze.


metacarpià

metacarpià (feminine metacarpiana, masculine plural metacarpians, feminine plural metacarpianes)

metacarpiana (feminine)
metacarpians (masculine plural)
metacarpianes (feminine plural)


ganglionar

ganglionar m or f (masculine and feminine plural ganglionars)


ruló

Borrowed from French rouleau (“roller”).


depilar

ca-verb

depilar (first-person singular present depilo, first-person singular preterite depilí, past participle depilat)

depilo (first-person present singular)
depilí (first-person preterite singular)
depilat (participle past)
depilar (infinitive)
depilant (gerund)
depilat (masculine participle past singular)
depilada (feminine participle past singular)
depilats (masculine participle past plural)
depilades (feminine participle past plural)
depilo (first-person indicative present singular)
depiles (indicative present second-person singular)
depila (indicative present singular third-person)
depilem (first-person indicative plural present)
depileu (indicative plural present second-person)
depilen (indicative plural present third-person)
depilava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
depilaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
depilava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
depilàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
depilàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
depilaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
depilaré (first-person future indicative singular)
depilaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
depilarà (future indicative singular third-person)
depilarem (first-person future indicative plural)
depilareu (future indicative plural second-person)
depilaran (future indicative plural third-person)
depilí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
depilares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
depilà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
depilàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
depilàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
depilaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
depilaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
depilaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
depilaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
depilaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
depilaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
depilarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
depili (first-person present singular subjunctive)
depilis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
depili (present singular subjunctive third-person)
depilem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
depileu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
depilin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
depilés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
depilessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
depilés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
depiléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
depiléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
depilessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
depila (imperative second-person)
depili (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
depilem (first-person imperative plural)
depileu (imperative plural second-person)
depilin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no depilis (imperative negative second-person)
no depili (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no depilem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no depileu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no depilin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


musculatura

musculature (the muscles of a body or organ collectively)


melsa

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *miltiją, possibly through a Gothic *𐌼𐌹𐌻𐍄𐌾𐌰 (*miltja). Compare Sicilian meusa.


miliar

ca-adj

miliar m or f (masculine and feminine plural miliars)


lent de contacte

ca-noun

lent de contacte f (plural lents de contacte)


llentilla

Inherited from Old Catalan *lentiyla (plural attested as lentiyles), from Vulgar Latin *lenticla (compare Occitan lentilha, French lentille, Spanish lenteja), syncopated form of Latin lenticula, diminutive of lēns. Compare lentícula, a borrowed doublet.


lentilla

Borrowed from French lentille. Doublet of lentícula and the inherited llentilla.


conjuntiva

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conjūnctīva (“serving to connect, connective”, feminine), ellipsis of membrāna conjūnctīva (literally “conjunctive membrane”).

ellipsis

(anatomy, ophthalmology) conjunctiva (membrane that lines the inner surface of the eyelid)


borni

ca-adj

borni (feminine bòrnia, masculine plural bornis, feminine plural bòrnies)

bòrnia (feminine)
bornis (masculine plural)
bòrnies (feminine plural)


eixugacabells

[əˌʃu.ɣə.kəˈβɛʎs]

[əˌʃu.ɣə.kəˈbəʎs]

Verb-object compound, composed of eixuga (“to dry”) + cabells (“hair”).


mànec

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


geniva

Inherited from Old Catalan geniva, from Latin gingīva (compare Occitan gengiva, French gencive, Spanish encía), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵyewh₁-.


monyó

Compare French moignon, Occitan monhon, Spanish muñón. Possibly related to Basque muño (“hill”).


expectorar

ca-verb

expectorar (first-person singular present expectoro, first-person singular preterite expectorí, past participle expectorat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

expectorar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
o (canonical)
expectoro (first-person present singular)
expectorí (first-person preterite singular)
expectorat (participle past)
expectorar (infinitive)
expectorant (gerund)
expectorat (masculine participle past singular)
expectorada (feminine participle past singular)
expectorats (masculine participle past plural)
expectorades (feminine participle past plural)
expectoro (first-person indicative present singular)
expectores (indicative present second-person singular)
expectora (indicative present singular third-person)
expectorem (first-person indicative plural present)
expectoreu (indicative plural present second-person)
expectoren (indicative plural present third-person)
expectorava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
expectoraves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
expectorava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
expectoràvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
expectoràveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
expectoraven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
expectoraré (first-person future indicative singular)
expectoraràs (future indicative second-person singular)
expectorarà (future indicative singular third-person)
expectorarem (first-person future indicative plural)
expectorareu (future indicative plural second-person)
expectoraran (future indicative plural third-person)
expectorí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
expectorares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
expectorà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
expectoràrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
expectoràreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
expectoraren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
expectoraria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
expectoraries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
expectoraria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
expectoraríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
expectoraríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
expectorarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
expectori (first-person present singular subjunctive)
expectoris (present second-person singular subjunctive)
expectori (present singular subjunctive third-person)
expectorem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
expectoreu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
expectorin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
expectorés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
expectoressis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
expectorés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
expectoréssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
expectoréssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
expectoressin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
expectora (imperative second-person)
expectori (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
expectorem (first-person imperative plural)
expectoreu (imperative plural second-person)
expectorin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no expectoris (imperative negative second-person)
no expectori (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no expectorem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no expectoreu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no expectorin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Learned borrowing from Latin expectorāre.

lbor

(transitive) to expectorate (to cough up fluid from the lungs)


gorja

Borrowed from French gorge. Doublet of gorga.


peritoneu

Borrowed from Latin peritonaeum, from Ancient Greek περιτόναιον (peritónaion), from περιτόναιος (peritónaios).


rull

Inherited from Latin rotulus. Doublet of rotlle.


rull

ca-adj

rull (feminine rulla, masculine plural rulls, feminine plural rulles)

rulla (feminine)
rulls (masculine plural)
rulles (feminine plural)


corda vocal

(anatomy) vocal cord (membrane fold in the human larynx)


bronquial

bronquial m or f (masculine and feminine plural bronquials)


glotal

glotal m or f (masculine and feminine plural glotals)

(anatomy) glottal (relating to the glottis)


intestí gros

ca-noun

intestí gros m (plural intestins grossos)


lòbul occipital

lòbul occipital m (plural lòbuls occipitals)


lòbul parietal

lòbul parietal m (plural lòbuls parietals)


lòbul frontal

lòbul frontal m (plural lòbuls frontals)


lòbul temporal

lòbul temporal m (plural lòbuls temporals)


estria

Learned borrowing from Latin stria (“furrow”).


aparell

(anatomy) system (a set of body organs having a particular function)


pavelló

Inherited from Latin pāpiliōnem. First attested in the 13th century. Doublet of papalló. Compare French pavillon.


miop

ca-adj

miop (feminine miopa, masculine plural miops, feminine plural miopes)

miopa (feminine)
miops (masculine plural)
miopes (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin myops, from Ancient Greek μύωψ (múōps).


llombrígol

Inherited from Old Catalan lombrigol, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (with /l-/ via agglutination from a definite article), diminutive of Latin umbilīcus. For the influence of preceding determiners, cf. French nombril and Romanian buric.


ullal

From ull (“eye”), from their position under the eyes. Compare English eye tooth.


lleganya

sleep (substance found in the corners of the eyes)


carúncula

Learned borrowing from Latin caruncula, diminutive of carō (“flesh”).


frontissa

From earlier frantissa, either via Old Catalan frant, past participle of frànyer (“to break”), or directly from a Vulgar Latin *fractītia. Either way, ultimately from Latin frangō and modified by folk etymology due to being associated with front.

hinge (device that allows the pivoting of a door)


màcula

Borrowed from Latin macula. Doublet of malla, which was inherited.

(anatomy) macula (spot near the center of the retina)


cèrvix

cervix (lower, narrow portion of the uterus)


clatell

Se’l veya córrer per la vila ab el barret al clatell, no adonantse de ningú, xiulant de baix en baix tonades tristes ò mormolant tot sol com si s’hagués tornat tarumba.

1906, Josep Morató i Grau, Els habitants de la lluna, Ilustració Catalana, page 65:

He was seen running around town with his hat in the back of his neck, unaware of anyone, softly whistling sad tunes or mumbling to himself as if dazed.


garjola

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


ganyota

En Batís va mirar el cel amb el casc a les mans. Feia una ganyota d'observació.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

Batis looked at the sky with his helmet in his hands. He made an observational grimace.

A la ràdio, he sentit que si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes, s'acomplirà tot el que desitges, però em fa por provar-ho, fer ganyotes i que cap desig no es faci mai més realitat

2006, Sergi Pàmies, “Precisament parlàvem de tu”, in Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes:


serrell

bang (hair that hangs down over the forehead)

forelock (lock of hair on the forehead of a horse)

the frayed edge of a well-worn piece of clothing


bronqui

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρόγχος (brónkhos).


abduir

ca-verb

abduir (first-person singular present abdueixo, first-person singular preterite abduí, past participle abduït)

abdueixo (first-person present singular)
abduí (first-person preterite singular)
abduït (participle past)
abduir (infinitive)
abduint (gerund)
abduït (masculine participle past singular)
abduïda (feminine participle past singular)
abduïts (masculine participle past plural)
abduïdes (feminine participle past plural)
abdueixo (first-person indicative present singular)
abdueixes (indicative present second-person singular)
abdueix (indicative present singular third-person)
abduïm (first-person indicative plural present)
abduïu (indicative plural present second-person)
abdueixen (indicative plural present third-person)
abduïa (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
abduïes (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
abduïa (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
abduíem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
abduíeu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
abduïen (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
abduiré (first-person future indicative singular)
abduiràs (future indicative second-person singular)
abduirà (future indicative singular third-person)
abduirem (first-person future indicative plural)
abduireu (future indicative plural second-person)
abduiran (future indicative plural third-person)
abduí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
abduïres (indicative preterite second-person singular)
abduí (indicative preterite singular third-person)
abduírem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
abduíreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
abduïren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
abduiria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
abduiries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
abduiria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
abduiríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
abduiríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
abduirien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
abdueixi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
abdueixis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
abdueixi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
abduïm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
abduïu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
abdueixin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
abduís (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
abduïssis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
abduís (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
abduíssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
abduíssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
abduïssin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
abdueix (imperative second-person)
abdueixi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
abduïm (first-person imperative plural)
abduïu (imperative plural second-person)
abdueixin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no abdueixis (imperative negative second-person)
no abdueixi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no abduïm (first-person imperative negative plural)
no abduïu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no abdueixin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Borrowed from Latin abdūcere; adapted to inherited forms such as conduir.

(anatomy) to abduct (to draw away from the median axis of the body)


butllofa

No passava res i em vaig curar les butllofes de les mans, que m'havia fet quan collia brases, i les esgarrapades del coll, producte de les urpes assassines.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

Nothing happened and I tended to the blisters on my hands, which I had incurred picking up embers, and to the scratches in my neck, caused by the murderous claws.


engonal

Inherited from Latin inguinālis, from inguen (“groin”). Doublet of inguinal, a learned borrowing.

Vaig agafar el Remington i vaig pegar-li amb la culata, fins que un cop especialment cruel, a l'engonal, va fer que es caragolés com un cuc.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 5, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

I grabbed the Remington and hit her with the butt, until an especially cruel blow, in the groin, had her writhing like a worm.


crepar

crepar (first-person singular present crepo, first-person singular preterite crepí, past participle crepat); root stress: (Valencia) /e/; (Central) /ɛ/

crepar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
e (canonical)
/ɛ/ (canonical)
crepo (first-person present singular)
crepí (first-person preterite singular)
crepat (participle past)
crepar (infinitive)
crepant (gerund)
crepat (masculine participle past singular)
crepada (feminine participle past singular)
crepats (masculine participle past plural)
crepades (feminine participle past plural)
crepo (first-person indicative present singular)
crepes (indicative present second-person singular)
crepa (indicative present singular third-person)
crepem (first-person indicative plural present)
crepeu (indicative plural present second-person)
crepen (indicative plural present third-person)
crepava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
crepaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
crepava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
crepàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
crepàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
crepaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
creparé (first-person future indicative singular)
creparàs (future indicative second-person singular)
creparà (future indicative singular third-person)
creparem (first-person future indicative plural)
crepareu (future indicative plural second-person)
creparan (future indicative plural third-person)
crepí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
crepares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
crepà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
crepàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
crepàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
creparen (indicative plural preterite third-person)
creparia (conditional first-person indicative singular)
creparies (conditional indicative second-person singular)
creparia (conditional indicative singular third-person)
creparíem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
creparíeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
creparien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
crepi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
crepis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
crepi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
crepem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
crepeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
crepin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
crepés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
crepessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
crepés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
crepéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
crepéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
crepessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
crepa (imperative second-person)
crepi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
crepem (first-person imperative plural)
crepeu (imperative plural second-person)
crepin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no crepis (imperative negative second-person)
no crepi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no crepem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no crepeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no crepin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive, Central, Valencia) to backcomb


monyo

(chiefly Valencia) head of hair; hairstyle


monoaminooxidasa

ca-noun

monoaminooxidasa f (plural monoaminooxidases)


urticària

Learned borrowing from New Latin urticāria.


pupil·la

Learned borrowing from Latin pupilla. Doublet of pubilla.

(anatomy) pupil (the hole in the middle of the iris of the eye)


gònada

gonad (sex gland such as a testicle or ovary)


esofàgic

ca-adj

esofàgic (feminine esofàgica, masculine plural esofàgics, feminine plural esofàgiques)

esofàgica (feminine)
esofàgics (masculine plural)
esofàgiques (feminine plural)

(anatomy) oesophageal (of or pertaining to the oesophagus)


vestíbul

(anatomy) vestibule (any of a number of body cavities)


metatars

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μετατάρσιον (metatársion).


veixiga

Inherited from Latin vessīca, variant of vēsīca.


papil·la òptica

ca-noun

papil·la òptica f (plural papil·les òptiques)


papil·la

(anatomy) Short for papil·la òptica (“optic disc”).


llagrimejar

ca-verb

llagrimejar (first-person singular present llagrimejo, first-person singular preterite llagrimegí, past participle llagrimejat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

llagrimejar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
llagrimejo (first-person present singular)
llagrimegí (first-person preterite singular)
llagrimejat (participle past)
llagrimejar (infinitive)
llagrimejant (gerund)
llagrimejat (masculine participle past singular)
llagrimejada (feminine participle past singular)
llagrimejats (masculine participle past plural)
llagrimejades (feminine participle past plural)
llagrimejo (first-person indicative present singular)
llagrimeges (indicative present second-person singular)
llagrimeja (indicative present singular third-person)
llagrimegem (first-person indicative plural present)
llagrimegeu (indicative plural present second-person)
llagrimegen (indicative plural present third-person)
llagrimejava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
llagrimejaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
llagrimejava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
llagrimejàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
llagrimejàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
llagrimejaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
llagrimejaré (first-person future indicative singular)
llagrimejaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
llagrimejarà (future indicative singular third-person)
llagrimejarem (first-person future indicative plural)
llagrimejareu (future indicative plural second-person)
llagrimejaran (future indicative plural third-person)
llagrimegí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
llagrimejares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
llagrimejà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
llagrimejàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
llagrimejàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
llagrimejaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
llagrimejaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
llagrimejaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
llagrimejaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
llagrimejaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
llagrimejaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
llagrimejarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
llagrimegi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
llagrimegis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
llagrimegi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
llagrimegem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
llagrimegeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
llagrimegin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
llagrimegés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
llagrimegessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
llagrimegés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
llagrimegéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
llagrimegéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
llagrimegessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
llagrimeja (imperative second-person)
llagrimegi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
llagrimegem (first-person imperative plural)
llagrimegeu (imperative plural second-person)
llagrimegin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no llagrimegis (imperative negative second-person)
no llagrimegi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no llagrimegem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no llagrimegeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no llagrimegin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

[ʎə.ɣɾi.məˈʒa]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lacrimizāre. Derivable from llàgrima + -ejar.

inh+

(intransitive) to shed tears, water, weep


frènic

ca-adj

frènic (feminine frènica, masculine plural frènics, feminine plural frèniques)

frènica (feminine)
frènics (masculine plural)
frèniques (feminine plural)


epidídim

From Ancient Greek ἐπιδιδυμίς (epididumís).


palatí

palatí (feminine palatina, masculine plural palatins, feminine plural palatines)

palatina (feminine)
palatins (masculine plural)
palatines (feminine plural)


llosc

llosc (feminine llosca, masculine plural lloscs or lloscos, feminine plural llosques)

llosca (feminine)
lloscs (masculine plural)
lloscos (masculine plural)
llosques (feminine plural)


campaneta

(botany) a name given to various species of plants with campanulate flowers, particularly the bellflowers (Campanula sp.) and various species in the morning glory family

Abutilon theophrasti
Abutilon theophrasti#Translingual

(botany) velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)


entrecuix

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *intercoxium.


venós

ca-adj

venós (feminine venosa, masculine plural venosos, feminine plural venoses)

venosa (feminine)
venosos (masculine plural)
venoses (feminine plural)

Borrowed from Latin venōsus. By surface analysis, vena + -ós.


abducció

(anatomy) abduction (the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart)


rínxol

Em vaig deixar el cabell llarg i vaig descobrir que tenia rínxols.

I let my hair grow long and I discovered that I have curls.


masclet

a cocktail typical of Reus in Tarragona, consisting of a mixture of red vermouth and Plim, a local banana-flavoured beverage


xoll

xoll (feminine xolla, masculine plural xolls, feminine plural xolles)

xolla (feminine)
xolls (masculine plural)
xolles (feminine plural)


xollar

ca-verb

xollar (first-person singular present xollo, first-person singular preterite xollí, past participle xollat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

xollar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
o (canonical)
xollo (first-person present singular)
xollí (first-person preterite singular)
xollat (participle past)
xollar (infinitive)
xollant (gerund)
xollat (masculine participle past singular)
xollada (feminine participle past singular)
xollats (masculine participle past plural)
xollades (feminine participle past plural)
xollo (first-person indicative present singular)
xolles (indicative present second-person singular)
xolla (indicative present singular third-person)
xollem (first-person indicative plural present)
xolleu (indicative plural present second-person)
xollen (indicative plural present third-person)
xollava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
xollaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
xollava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
xollàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
xollàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
xollaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
xollaré (first-person future indicative singular)
xollaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
xollarà (future indicative singular third-person)
xollarem (first-person future indicative plural)
xollareu (future indicative plural second-person)
xollaran (future indicative plural third-person)
xollí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
xollares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
xollà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
xollàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
xollàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
xollaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
xollaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
xollaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
xollaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
xollaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
xollaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
xollarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
xolli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
xollis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
xolli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
xollem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
xolleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
xollin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
xollés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
xollessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
xollés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
xolléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
xolléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
xollessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
xolla (imperative second-person)
xolli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
xollem (first-person imperative plural)
xolleu (imperative plural second-person)
xollin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no xollis (imperative negative second-person)
no xolli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no xollem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no xolleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no xollin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *exsubīliāre, from īlia (“lower abdomen”).


freixura

Inherited from Late Latin frixūra, from frīgō (“to fry”).

lights (lungs of an animal eaten as food)


llavifès

ca-adj

llavifès (feminine llavifesa, masculine plural llavifesos, feminine plural llavifeses)

llavifesa (feminine)
llavifesos (masculine plural)
llavifeses (feminine plural)


badiu

the rear entrance to a house and the space around it, sometimes paved to create a patio or covered to create a back porch


corcoll

Inherited from Latin curculiō (“weevil”). The connection to "back of the neck" is obscure and this may represent a different root entirely.


lligacabells

[ˌʎi.ɣə.kəˈβɛʎs]

[ˌʎi.ɣə.kəˈbəʎs]

Verb-object compound, composed of lliga (“to tie”) + cabells (“hair”).


gandalla

From an obsolete *gandar or *gandir, from Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌾𐌰𐌽 (wandjan, “to wind”).


escopinada

No valer una escopinada.


païdor

Si et fa mal el païdor, el fonoll és el millor.


durícia

Borrowed from Latin dūritia. Doublet of duresa.


mal·lèol

Borrowed from Latin malleolus, diminutive of malleus (“hammer”). Doublet of mallol.


bòfia

Inherited from Latin fovea (“hole”) via metathesis.


bigotut

ca-adj

bigotut (feminine bigotuda, masculine plural bigotuts, feminine plural bigotudes)

bigotuda (feminine)
bigotuts (masculine plural)
bigotudes (feminine plural)


palpís

From earlier polpís. Perhaps influenced by palpar.

palpís del dit


pasta de dents

ca-noun

pasta de dents f (plural pastes de dents)


secundina

Learned borrowing from Late Latin secundinae (“afterbirth”), from Latin secundae (“afterbirth”), shortened from secundae membranae "the second membranes", from secundus (“following, coming next”).


sacsó

Perhaps from Latin sectiō (“section”) with anomalous phonetic development.


clotet

El noi de Solsona, el dels clotets a les galtes i la veu profunda, surt a l'escenari de Can Massallera, a Sant Boi de Llobregat.

2013 April 3, Àngels Codina Relat, “Roger Mas a Can Massallera”, in Núvol:

The boy from Solosona, the one with dimples in his cheeks and the deep voice, takes the stage at Can Massallera in Sant Boi de Llobregat.


lentigen senil

ca-noun

lentigen senil m (plural lentigens senils)

Literally, “senile lentigo”. Calque of Latin lentīgo senīlis.


lentigen

Learned borrowing from Latin lentīginem (“lentil-shaped spot”).


astràgal

Learned borrowing from Latin astragalus.


retinacle

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin retināculum, diminutive of retina.


urçol

Inherited from Latin hordeolus. Doublet of ordèol, a learned borrowing.


gargamelló

[ɡər.ɡə.məˈʎo]


llengüeta

[ʎəŋˈɡwɛ.tə]

[ʎəŋˈɡwə.tə]


gargamella

[ɡər.ɡəˈme.ʎə]


garganxó

[ɡər.ɡəɲˈʃo]

[ɡaɾ.ɣaɲˈt͡ʃo]

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *gargantiōnem, from garganta.


epicant

Learned borrowing from Latin epicanthus.


reveixí

Crematogaster scutellaris, a species of ant which forms nests in deadwood


pinçanàs

Calque of French pince-nez. By surface analysis, pinça (“pinches”) + nas (“nose”).


impetigen

Learned borrowing from Latin impetīginem.


urèter

Borrowed from Ancient Greek οὐρητήρ (ourētḗr).


cabellblanc

ca-adj

cabellblanc (feminine cabellblanca, masculine plural cabellblancs, feminine plural cabellblanques)

cabellblanca (feminine)
cabellblancs (masculine plural)
cabellblanques (feminine plural)

[kəˌβɛʎˈβlaŋ]


escabellar

ca-verb

escabellar (first-person singular present escabello, first-person singular preterite escabellí, past participle escabellat); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

escabellar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɛ (canonical)
/e/ (canonical)
/ə/ (canonical)
escabello (first-person present singular)
escabellí (first-person preterite singular)
escabellat (participle past)
escabellar (infinitive)
escabellant (gerund)
escabellat (masculine participle past singular)
escabellada (feminine participle past singular)
escabellats (masculine participle past plural)
escabellades (feminine participle past plural)
escabello (first-person indicative present singular)
escabelles (indicative present second-person singular)
escabella (indicative present singular third-person)
escabellem (first-person indicative plural present)
escabelleu (indicative plural present second-person)
escabellen (indicative plural present third-person)
escabellava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
escabellaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
escabellava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
escabellàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
escabellàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
escabellaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
escabellaré (first-person future indicative singular)
escabellaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
escabellarà (future indicative singular third-person)
escabellarem (first-person future indicative plural)
escabellareu (future indicative plural second-person)
escabellaran (future indicative plural third-person)
escabellí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
escabellares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
escabellà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
escabellàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
escabellàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
escabellaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
escabellaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
escabellaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
escabellaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
escabellaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
escabellaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
escabellarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
escabelli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
escabellis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
escabelli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
escabellem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
escabelleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
escabellin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
escabellés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
escabellessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
escabellés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
escabelléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
escabelléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
escabellessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
escabella (imperative second-person)
escabelli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
escabellem (first-person imperative plural)
escabelleu (imperative plural second-person)
escabellin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no escabellis (imperative negative second-person)
no escabelli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no escabellem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no escabelleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no escabellin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

L'oncle Pius, que era molt alt i estava molt magre, portava els calçons arromangats i anava en camiseta, tot escabellat pel vent, i llançava i recollia l'ham sense a penes pescar cap peix.

Uncle Pius, who was very tall and very thin, used to go around in his undershirt with his pantlegs rolled up, hair all mussed by the wind, tossing and reeling in the hook without hardly ever catching any fish.

(transitive) to muss or tousel the hair of (someone), to dishevel


planta del peu

ca-noun

planta del peu f (plural plantes del peu or plantes dels peus)

plantes del peu (plural)
plantes dels peus (plural)


nansa intestinal

nansa intestinal f (plural nanses intestinals)


post de pit

post de pit f (plural posts de pit or postes de pit)

posts de pit (plural)
postes de pit (plural)


maquineta d'afaitar

maquineta d'afaitar f (plural maquinetes d'afaitar)


fulla d'afaitar

fulla d'afaitar f (plural fulles d'afaitar)


maquineta de tallar cabells

maquineta de tallar cabells f (plural maquinetes de tallar cabells)


pota de gall

Literally, “cock's foot”. Compare French pied-de-poule.


nervi vidià

nervi del conducte pterigoïdal
nervi del conducte pterigoïdal#Catalan

(neuroanatomy) Synonym of nervi del conducte pterigoïdal (“Vidian nerve”)


vidià

ca-adj

vidià (feminine vidiana, masculine plural vidians, feminine plural vidianes)

vidiana (feminine)
vidians (masculine plural)
vidianes (feminine plural)


pèl-llarg

pèl-llarg (feminine pèl-llarga, masculine plural pèl-llargs, feminine plural pèl-llargues)

pèl-llarga (feminine)
pèl-llargs (masculine plural)
pèl-llargues (feminine plural)


arrel de la llengua

ca-noun

arrel de la llengua m (plural arrels de la llengua)


tel de la llengua

tel de la llengua m (plural tels de la llengua)


tronc de l'encèfal

tronc de l'encèfal m (plural troncs de l'encèfal)


lobulat

ca-adj

lobulat (feminine lobulada, masculine plural lobulats, feminine plural lobulades)

lobulada (feminine)
lobulats (masculine plural)
lobulades (feminine plural)


esborronar

ca-verb

esborronar (first-person singular present esborrono, first-person singular preterite esborroní, past participle esborronat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /o/

esborronar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
o (canonical)
esborrono (first-person present singular)
esborroní (first-person preterite singular)
esborronat (participle past)
esborronar (infinitive)
esborronant (gerund)
esborronat (masculine participle past singular)
esborronada (feminine participle past singular)
esborronats (masculine participle past plural)
esborronades (feminine participle past plural)
esborrono (first-person indicative present singular)
esborrones (indicative present second-person singular)
esborrona (indicative present singular third-person)
esborronem (first-person indicative plural present)
esborroneu (indicative plural present second-person)
esborronen (indicative plural present third-person)
esborronava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
esborronaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
esborronava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
esborronàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
esborronàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
esborronaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
esborronaré (first-person future indicative singular)
esborronaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
esborronarà (future indicative singular third-person)
esborronarem (first-person future indicative plural)
esborronareu (future indicative plural second-person)
esborronaran (future indicative plural third-person)
esborroní (first-person indicative preterite singular)
esborronares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
esborronà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
esborronàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
esborronàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
esborronaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
esborronaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
esborronaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
esborronaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
esborronaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
esborronaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
esborronarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
esborroni (first-person present singular subjunctive)
esborronis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
esborroni (present singular subjunctive third-person)
esborronem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
esborroneu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
esborronin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
esborronés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
esborronessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
esborronés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
esborronéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
esborronéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
esborronessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
esborrona (imperative second-person)
esborroni (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
esborronem (first-person imperative plural)
esborroneu (imperative plural second-person)
esborronin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no esborronis (imperative negative second-person)
no esborroni (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no esborronem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no esborroneu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no esborronin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(transitive) to stand on end (of hair), to horripilate, to cause goose flesh


alví

ca-adj

alví (feminine alvina, masculine plural alvins, feminine plural alvines)

alvina (feminine)
alvins (masculine plural)
alvines (feminine plural)

Learned borrowing from Latin alvīnus, from alvus (“belly, bowels”).

(anatomy, relational) lower abdomen, intestines; alvine


bàlan

From Latin balanus (“acorn”), from Ancient Greek βάλανος (bálanos, “acorn”). Cognate with French balane, Italian balano, Portuguese bálano, Spanish bálano.


gland del penis

ca-noun

gland del penis m (plural glands del penis)


gland del clítoris

gland del clítoris m (plural glands del clítoris)


ullerós

ca-adj

ullerós (feminine ullerosa, masculine plural ullerosos, feminine plural ulleroses)

ullerosa (feminine)
ullerosos (masculine plural)
ulleroses (feminine plural)

baggy-eyed (having dark circles under the eyes)


repetell

pout (facial expression of one about to cry)


xerigot

Inherited from Old Catalan sirigot, sorigot, from the reconstructed protoform *sorikŏtto, from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly of Proto-Indo-European or Proto-Basque origin.


ull de vellut

[ˈuʎ də βəˈʎut]


pelleringa

[pə.ʎəˈɾiŋ.ɡə]

Variant form of pellerenca, from pell (“skin”).


pròtesi dental

ca-noun

pròtesi dental m (plural pròtesis dentals)


envà

From Gaulish *andebanno (“eaves, portico”). Cognate with French auvent. (See there for more information.)


xarnera

Borrowed from French charnière (“hinge”).

bor+

(anatomy) hinge (ligament connecting the two parts of a bivalve shell)


niell

From Latin nigellus, from niger (“black”).


sistema immunitari

ca-noun

sistema immunitari m (plural sistemes immunitaris)


barbaflorit

ca-adj

barbaflorit (feminine barbaflorida, masculine plural barbaflorits, feminine plural barbaflorides)

barbaflorida (feminine)
barbaflorits (masculine plural)
barbaflorides (feminine plural)

From barba + florit, literally “flowery-bearded”.


barbagrís

ca-adj

barbagrís (feminine barbagrisa, masculine plural barbagrisos, feminine plural barbagrises)

barbagrisa (feminine)
barbagrisos (masculine plural)
barbagrises (feminine plural)


barbapunyent

barbapunyent m or f (masculine and feminine plural barbapunyents)

barbapunyents (feminine masculine plural)

From barba (“beard”) + punyent (“pointed”).


barbanegre

barbanegre (feminine barbanegra, masculine and feminine plural barbanegres)

barbanegra (feminine)
barbanegres (feminine masculine plural)


pal·li

Learned borrowing from Latin pallium (“cloak”).


pessic

Mediterranean shamefaced crab (Calappa granulata)


mesentèric

ca-adj

mesentèric (feminine mesentèrica, masculine plural mesentèrics, feminine plural mesentèriques)

mesentèrica (feminine)
mesentèrics (masculine plural)
mesentèriques (feminine plural)


volèmia

From New Latin volaemia. Compare French volémie.


òtic

òtic (feminine òtica, masculine plural òtics, feminine plural òtiques)

òtica (feminine)
òtics (masculine plural)
òtiques (feminine plural)


capblanc

capblanc (feminine capblanca, masculine plural capblancs, feminine plural capblanques)

capblanca (feminine)
capblancs (masculine plural)
capblanques (feminine plural)


occípit

Learned borrowing from Latin occiput, occipitis (“back of the head”).