color

ca-noun

color m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural colors)

Inherited from Latin colōrem. Compare Occitan color, French couleur.


alpaca

Borrowed from Spanish alpaca, from Aymara allpaqa.


collar

ca-verb

collar (first-person singular present collo, first-person singular preterite collí, past participle collat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/

collar (canonical)
root stress: (canonical)
ɔ (canonical)
collo (first-person present singular)
collí (first-person preterite singular)
collat (participle past)
collar (infinitive)
collant (gerund)
collat (masculine participle past singular)
collada (feminine participle past singular)
collats (masculine participle past plural)
collades (feminine participle past plural)
collo (first-person indicative present singular)
colles (indicative present second-person singular)
colla (indicative present singular third-person)
collem (first-person indicative plural present)
colleu (indicative plural present second-person)
collen (indicative plural present third-person)
collava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
collaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
collava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
collàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
collàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
collaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
collaré (first-person future indicative singular)
collaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
collarà (future indicative singular third-person)
collarem (first-person future indicative plural)
collareu (future indicative plural second-person)
collaran (future indicative plural third-person)
collí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
collares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
collà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
collàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
collàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
collaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
collaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
collaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
collaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
collaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
collaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
collarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
colli (first-person present singular subjunctive)
collis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
colli (present singular subjunctive third-person)
collem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
colleu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
collin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
collés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
collessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
collés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
colléssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
colléssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
collessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
colla (imperative second-person)
colli (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
collem (first-person imperative plural)
colleu (imperative plural second-person)
collin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no collis (imperative negative second-person)
no colli (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no collem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no colleu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no collin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

From the action of securing a yoke around the coll (“neck”) of an animal.

(textiles) to adjust a collador (“heddle”)


noc

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *naucus (“trough”), from *naucula, diminutive of Latin navis (“ship”).


rapa

Probably from rappa, a Southern Italian dialect form of grappa (“bunch of grapes”).


tela

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.


pega

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pica, variant form of Latin pix (“pitch, tar”).


cardar

ca-verb

cardar (first-person singular present cardo, first-person singular preterite cardí, past participle cardat)

cardo (first-person present singular)
cardí (first-person preterite singular)
cardat (participle past)
cardar (infinitive)
cardant (gerund)
cardat (masculine participle past singular)
cardada (feminine participle past singular)
cardats (masculine participle past plural)
cardades (feminine participle past plural)
cardo (first-person indicative present singular)
cardes (indicative present second-person singular)
carda (indicative present singular third-person)
cardem (first-person indicative plural present)
cardeu (indicative plural present second-person)
carden (indicative plural present third-person)
cardava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cardaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cardava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cardàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cardàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cardaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cardaré (first-person future indicative singular)
cardaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
cardarà (future indicative singular third-person)
cardarem (first-person future indicative plural)
cardareu (future indicative plural second-person)
cardaran (future indicative plural third-person)
cardí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
cardares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
cardà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
cardàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
cardàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
cardaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
cardaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
cardaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
cardaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
cardaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
cardaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
cardarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
cardi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cardis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cardi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cardem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cardeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cardin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cardés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cardessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cardés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cardéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cardéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cardessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
carda (imperative second-person)
cardi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
cardem (first-person imperative plural)
cardeu (imperative plural second-person)
cardin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no cardis (imperative negative second-person)
no cardi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no cardem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no cardeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no cardin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)

(textiles) to comb, card (to disentangle the fibres)


batan

From Andalusian Arabic بَاطَان (baṭán), from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “liner, lining”). Doublet of badana.


caqui

khaki (a strong cloth of wool or cotton)


sarja

Borrowed from Old French sarge, from Vulgar Latin *sarica, from Latin sērica (“silk garments”).


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


guix

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

gypsum (a mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate)


lli

Inherited from Old Catalan lin, from Latin līnum.


paperer

ca-adj

paperer (feminine paperera, masculine plural paperers, feminine plural papereres)

paperera (feminine)
paperers (masculine plural)
papereres (feminine plural)

indústria paperera


maó

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

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


pedra

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).


bengala

From Bengala (“Bengal”), the source of this cane. The sense of "flare" comes from the shortening of llum de bengala.


resina

Learned borrowing from Latin rēsīna. The alternative form above was inherited.


gasa

Borrowed from Arabic قَزّ (qazz, “silk, silkware”).


ambre gris

ambergris (fatty substance used in perfumes)


mirra

Borrowed from Latin myrrha (also murra), from Ancient Greek μύρρα (múrrha), of Semitic origin.


vidre

(uncountable) glass (an amorphous solid, often transparent substance made by melting sand with a mixture of soda, potash and lime)


benjuí

Borrowed from Arabic لُبَان جَاوِيّ (lubān jāwiyy, “Javanese frankincense”). First attested in 1430.

لُبَان جَاوِيّ

benzoin (aromatic balsam, a medicinal plant)


badana

Borrowed from Arabic بِطَانَة (biṭāna, “inside, lining, liner”)..


tarter

Perhaps from Latin tartareus, from Tartarus.


aluda

a type of tawed leather made from the hides of lambs or kid goats and used for gloves, purses, book covers, etc; lambskin, kid leather


aluda

From Latin lōlīgō. Compare Galician lura, Portuguese lula.


quadern

five sheets of paper; one fifth of a mà (“quire”); one hundredth of a raima (“ream”)


hule

Borrowed from Spanish hule, from French (toile) huilée.


pelfa

Unknown origin. Possibly from Old French *pilfilt or via metathesis of Italian and Spanish felpa under the influence of pèl (“hair”). Almost certainly derived in some manner from Proto-West Germanic *felt (“felt”).


abacà

Borrowed from Spanish abacá, from Tagalog abaká.

Manila hemp — a fiber obtained from the abaca


llémena

Most likely simply from Late Latin lendina, variant of lendinem, from Classical Latin lendem.
The unexpected /m/ (instead of */n/, the usual outcome of Latin /-nd-/) may be due to analogy with another word- or simply dissimilation from the following /n/.

(textiles, usually in the plural) a small defect in a piece of cloth with the appearance of a nit


xiné

Borrowed from French chiné, past participle of chiner (“to produce fabric in this manner”), from Chine (“China”) as the source of this technique.

a patterned textile which has the pattern produced by dyeing the warp threads with the pattern prior to weaving, thereby blurring the image randomly when woven


morter

mortar (small bowl used to crush or grind food)


cotó

From Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), form of triliteral root qṭn.


sanefa

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


carbó

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


troca

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *torca, from Latin torquis (“collar, wreath”).


merceritzar

ca-verb

merceritzar (first-person singular present merceritzo, first-person singular preterite merceritzí, past participle merceritzat)

merceritzo (first-person present singular)
merceritzí (first-person preterite singular)
merceritzat (participle past)
merceritzar (infinitive)
merceritzant (gerund)
merceritzat (masculine participle past singular)
merceritzada (feminine participle past singular)
merceritzats (masculine participle past plural)
merceritzades (feminine participle past plural)
merceritzo (first-person indicative present singular)
merceritzes (indicative present second-person singular)
merceritza (indicative present singular third-person)
merceritzem (first-person indicative plural present)
merceritzeu (indicative plural present second-person)
merceritzen (indicative plural present third-person)
merceritzava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
merceritzaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
merceritzava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
merceritzàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
merceritzàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
merceritzaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
merceritzaré (first-person future indicative singular)
merceritzaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
merceritzarà (future indicative singular third-person)
merceritzarem (first-person future indicative plural)
merceritzareu (future indicative plural second-person)
merceritzaran (future indicative plural third-person)
merceritzí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
merceritzares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
merceritzà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
merceritzàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
merceritzàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
merceritzaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
merceritzaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
merceritzaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
merceritzaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
merceritzaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
merceritzaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
merceritzarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
merceritzi (first-person present singular subjunctive)
merceritzis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
merceritzi (present singular subjunctive third-person)
merceritzem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
merceritzeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
merceritzin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
merceritzés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
merceritzessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
merceritzés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
merceritzéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
merceritzéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
merceritzessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
merceritza (imperative second-person)
merceritzi (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
merceritzem (first-person imperative plural)
merceritzeu (imperative plural second-person)
merceritzin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no merceritzis (imperative negative second-person)
no merceritzi (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no merceritzem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no merceritzeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no merceritzin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


plàstic

Borrowed from Latin plasticus (“of molding”), from Ancient Greek πλαστικός (plastikós), from πλάσσειν (plássein, “to mold, form”).


nansú

Borrowed from English nainsook, from Hindi नैनसुख (nainsukh), from नैन (nain, “eye”) + सुख (sukh, “pleasure, luxury”).


cerot

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κηρωτός (kērōtós, “mixed with wax”).

cobbler's wax (mixture of wax and pitch traditionally used in shoemaking)


feltre

From Proto-West Germanic *felt. Compare Medieval Latin feltrum.


madeixa

Inherited from Latin mataxa, from Ancient Greek μέταξα (métaxa).

skein (a quantity of yarn, thread, or the like, put up together, after it is taken from the reel)


moher

Borrowed from English mohair, ultimately from Arabic مُخَيَّر (muḵayyar, “choice”).


àrid

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


llenya

Inherited from Old Catalan lenya, from Latin ligna, plural of lignum (compare Occitan lenha, Spanish leña, Italian legna), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-no- (“that which is collected”), from *leǵ-.


vellut

Inherited from Late Latin villūtus, derived from Latin villus (“tuft of hair”).


cànem

Inherited from Latin cannabis, from Ancient Greek κάνναβις (kánnabis). Compare borrowed doublet cànnabis.


terròs

Of uncertain, probably pre-Roman origin. Influenced in form by terra (“earth”).


ganxet

From ganxo (“hook”) + -et (diminutive suffix).


bitlla

Uncertain. Possibly cognate with French bille, from Frankish *bikkil (“ossicle; die”).


gorgorà

Borrowed from French gourgouran, from English grogram, from French gros-grain.


llosa

Inherited from Old Catalan losa, from Latin lausia, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish or Celtiberian *lausia, from Proto-Celtic *plousā (“stone slab”), of uncertain ultimate origin. Cognate with Spanish losa, French lauze, Galician lousa, etc.


màstic

Borrowed from Latin mastichē, from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).


colofònia

Borrowed from Latin colophōnia, from Ancient Greek κολοφωνία (kolophōnía), from Κολοφών (Kolophṓn, “Colophon”, name of a city where rosin was produced in antiquity). Cognate with English colophony.


escarada

From escar (“drydock”) + -ada, presumably because this kind of work was common in shipyards.

piece work (work paid for by the piece as opposed to by the time worked)


escarader

ca-noun

escarader m (plural escaraders, feminine escaradera)

escaraders (plural)
escaradera (feminine)


voraviu

[ˌbɔ.ɾəˈβiw]


escaiola

(architecture) scagliola (plasterwork imitating marble, granite, etc.)


panamà

From Panamà. The name of the textile derives from the type of weave used to produce the hats.

a cotton textile incorporating Panama weave


pasta d'ebenista

pasta d'ebenista f (plural pastes d'ebenista)


tragacant

Variant of tragacanta, a learned borrowing from Latin tragacantha, from Koine Greek τραγάκανθα (tragákantha, “tragacanth”). Doublet of adragant.


cànem de Manila

ca-noun

cànem de Manila m (plural cànems de Manila)


pedra calcària

pedra calcària f (plural pedres calcàries)

From pedra (“stone”) + calcària, feminine form of calcari (“calcareous; containing lime”).


bàlsam del Canadà

bàlsam del Canadà m (plural bàlsams del Canadà)


domàs

Inherited from Old Catalan Domàs, Damàs (“Damascus”).


gavardina

Possibly from an alteration of tavardina, a diminutive of Old Catalan tavart (“tabard”). The meaning "trenchcoat" stems from the textile sense, as British trenchcoats were traditionally of gabardine.


aiguacuit

Calque of Medieval Latin aqua decoctum, lit. "boiled water".

a type of animal glue composed mainly of gelatin


sauló

Inherited from Latin sabulō (“coarse sand”).

inh+

coarse sand formed by the decomposition of granite


canemuixa

hurd, shives (woody inner portion of hemp)


quartilla

Borrowed from Spanish cuartilla, diminutive of cuarta (“quarter”).

a sheet of paper, especially one of size A5


xenilla

Borrowed from French chenille. Doublet of canícula, which is borrowed directly from Latin.


cornubianita

Borrowed from English cornubianite, from English Cornubian (“pertaining to Cornwall”), from Medieval Latin Cornubia.


pota de gall

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


llicorella

Alteration of *llacorella, from llacor (“mud”) or * llecolella, from llécol (“slate”).


olíban

From Medieval Latin olibanum, from Arabic اللُّبَان (al-lubān).


xicle

Borrowed from Spanish chicle, from a Nahuan language; cf. Classical Nahuatl tzictli.


esquist

ca-noun

esquist m (plural esquists or esquistos)

Borrowed from French schiste, from Latin schistos lapis (“the stone that is easy to split”), from Ancient Greek σχιστός (skhistós, “splittable”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).


baieta

Borrowed from Old French baiette (“skirt”).


baietó

duffel, bearskin (thick woolen cloth used for outerwear)


ancó

(leatherworking) butt (hide from the hindquarters)


vaporar

ca-verb

vaporar (first-person singular present vaporo, first-person singular preterite vaporí, past participle vaporat)

vaporo (first-person present singular)
vaporí (first-person preterite singular)
vaporat (participle past)
vaporar (infinitive)
vaporant (gerund)
vaporat (masculine participle past singular)
vaporada (feminine participle past singular)
vaporats (masculine participle past plural)
vaporades (feminine participle past plural)
vaporo (first-person indicative present singular)
vapores (indicative present second-person singular)
vapora (indicative present singular third-person)
vaporem (first-person indicative plural present)
vaporeu (indicative plural present second-person)
vaporen (indicative plural present third-person)
vaporava (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
vaporaves (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
vaporava (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
vaporàvem (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
vaporàveu (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
vaporaven (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
vaporaré (first-person future indicative singular)
vaporaràs (future indicative second-person singular)
vaporarà (future indicative singular third-person)
vaporarem (first-person future indicative plural)
vaporareu (future indicative plural second-person)
vaporaran (future indicative plural third-person)
vaporí (first-person indicative preterite singular)
vaporares (indicative preterite second-person singular)
vaporà (indicative preterite singular third-person)
vaporàrem (first-person indicative plural preterite)
vaporàreu (indicative plural preterite second-person)
vaporaren (indicative plural preterite third-person)
vaporaria (conditional first-person indicative singular)
vaporaries (conditional indicative second-person singular)
vaporaria (conditional indicative singular third-person)
vaporaríem (conditional first-person indicative plural)
vaporaríeu (conditional indicative plural second-person)
vaporarien (conditional indicative plural third-person)
vapori (first-person present singular subjunctive)
vaporis (present second-person singular subjunctive)
vapori (present singular subjunctive third-person)
vaporem (first-person plural present subjunctive)
vaporeu (plural present second-person subjunctive)
vaporin (plural present subjunctive third-person)
vaporés (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
vaporessis (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
vaporés (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
vaporéssim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
vaporéssiu (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
vaporessin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
vapora (imperative second-person)
vapori (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular)
vaporem (first-person imperative plural)
vaporeu (imperative plural second-person)
vaporin (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically)
no vaporis (imperative negative second-person)
no vapori (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular)
no vaporem (first-person imperative negative plural)
no vaporeu (imperative negative plural second-person)
no vaporin (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically)


gas d'envasament

ca-noun

gas d'envasament m (plural gasos d'envasament)


fibra de vidre

fibra de vidre f (plural fibres de vidre)


llana de vidre

llana de vidre f (plural llanes de vidre)


estorac

From Latin storax, styrax, from Ancient Greek στύραξ (stúrax).

benzoin (resin obtained from shrubs in the genus Styrax)