de

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.


te

The name of the Latin-script letter T/t.


o

The fifteenth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.


be

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b.


mi

mu; the Greek alphabet letter Μ (lowercase μ)


san

San; the Archaic Greek letter Ϻ (lowercase ϻ)


u

The twenty-first letter of the Catalan alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.


beta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βῆτα (bêta).


gamma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γάμμα (gámma).


delta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέλτα (délta).


zeta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ζῆτα (zêta).

The name of the Latin-script letter Z/z.


digamma

Digamma; the obsolete Greek letter Ϝ (lowercase ϝ)


theta

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θῆτα (thêta).


iota

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta). Doublet of jota.


lambda

lambda; the Greek letter Λ (lowercase λ)


ca

Apocopated form of casa. Compare French chez, Spanish ca, Italian ca'.

Anem a ca la Maria.

Aquell casalot és cal Ramon.

Parlem català a ca nostra.


ge

The name of the Latin-script letter G/g.


ce

The name of the Latin-script letter C/c.


pe

The name of the Latin-script letter P/p.


sigma

Sigma; the Greek letter Σ (lowercase σ or ς)


ela

The name of the Latin-script letter L/l.


coma

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


minúscula

(orthography) minuscule (lower-case letter)


sampi

sampi; the Ancient Greek letter Ϡ (lowercase ϡ)


koppa

Koppa; the Ancient Greek letter Ϙ (lowercase ϙ)


fi

Borrowed from Latin phi, from Ancient Greek φεῖ (pheî).


circumflex

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus.


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent greu (“grave accent”) in Catalan, and found on À/à, È/è and Ò/ò.


punt

Inherited from Latin pūnctum. Cognate with Spanish and Galician punto and Portuguese ponto.


alfa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄλφα (álpha), of Semitic origin.


jota

Borrowed from Latin iota. Doublet of iota.

The name of the Latin-script letter J/j.


a

The first letter of the Catalan alphabet, written in the Latin script.


cu

The name of the Latin-script letter Q/q.


ve

The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.


ema

The name of the Latin-script letter M/m.


hac

The name of the Latin-script letter H/h.


ena

The name of the Latin-script letter N/n.


breu

Inherited from Latin brevem. Compare Occitan brèu.


essa

The name of the Latin-script letter S/s.


cometa

quotation mark (one of the symbols ', ", «, or »)


middot, middle dot (called punt volat (“flown dot”) in Catalan, and found in the combination l·l to distinguish it from the digraph ll. It was once used for elision, especially in poetry.)


ics

The name of the Latin-script letter X/x, especially when used for /ks/ or /ɡz/


erra

The name of the Latin-script letter R/r.


efa

The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.


clau

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

key (indispensable, supremely important)


A diacritical mark of the Latin script, called accent agut (“acute accent”) in Catalan, and found on É/é, Í/í, Ó/ó and Ú/ú.


guió

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


ve doble

Coordinate term: ve baixa

The name of the Latin-script letter W/w.


iod

yodh (the tenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads)


ce trencada

From ce (“letter C”) + trencada (“broken”).

The name of the Latin-script letter Ç/ç., formed from the letter C by attaching a cedilla (¸) below


ela palatal

Coordinate term: ela geminada

the Latin digraph ⟨LL⟩ (titlecase ⟨Ll⟩; lowercase ⟨ll⟩)


ela geminada

the Latin script combination ⟨l·l⟩ (uppercase ⟨L·L⟩)


xeix

The name of the Latin-script letter X/x, especially when used for /ʃ/


i grega

The name of the Latin-script letter Y/y.


èpsilon

epsilon; the Greek letter Ε (lowercase ε)


òmicron

omicron; the Greek letter Ο (lowercase ο)


ípsilon

upsilon; the Greek letter Υ (lowercase υ)


signe d'interrogació

ca-noun

signe d'interrogació m (plural signes d'interrogació)


dièresi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διαίρεσις (diaíresis, “division, split”), from διά (diá, “apart”) + αἱρέω (hairéō, “to take”).


claudàtor

Borrowed from New Latin claudātor (nominative), from claudō.


parèntesi

Borrowed from Late Latin parenthesis, from Ancient Greek παρένθεσις (parénthesis).


punt volat

(grammar, typography) interpunct, flown dot ⟨·⟩


signe d'exclamació

ca-noun

signe d'exclamació m (plural signes d'exclamació)


signe d'admiració

signe d'admiració m (plural signes d'admiració)


occasionally encloses a question in modern Catalan; at other times, a lone question mark is used at the end with nothing at the beginning of the question


¡Ditxós qui sab estimarla! ¡Benhaurat aquell en quin cor brilla encesa la vivificant y pura flama de la fé!

Lucky is he who can love her! Blessed is he in whose heart there shines the life-giving and pure flame of faith!

occasionally encloses an exclamation in modern Catalan; at other times, a lone exclamation mark is used at the end with nothing at the beginning of the exclamatory phrase


be alta

Coordinate term: ve baixa

The name of the Latin-script letter B/b, especially in dialects not distinguishing /b/ and /v/


punt alçat

(grammar, typography) interpunct, raised dot ⟨·⟩


ve baixa

The name of the Latin-script letter V/v, especially in dialects not distinguishing /b/ and /v/


i llatina

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.


ele doble

(Valencia) Alternative form of ela doble


màcron

From Ancient Greek μακρόν (makrón), neuter form of μακρός (makrós, “long”).


anticircumflex

anticircumflex m (plural anticircumflexos)