ventre

ventre de la cama

El sol daura el ventre dels núvols.

The sun gilded the underside of the clouds.

(figurative) the lower part of something; underside


jota

Borrowed from Latin iota. Doublet of iota.

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


jota

Uncertain. Perhaps from Arabic شَطْحَة (šaṭḥa).

bor

Arabic شَطْحَة (šaṭḥa)


dolina

From a Slavic language, perhaps via German Doline, ultimately from Proto-Slavic *dolina.

(geology) doline (a sinkhole in karstic terrain)


ordre

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

order (arrangement in a series, e.g. alphabetically)

(biology, architecture, mathematics) order

(military) order, formation (e.g. of battle)


nevera

snowfield (place where snow collects and remains)


herba

Inherited from Old Catalan erba, from Latin herba, from Proto-Indo-European *gʰreh₁- (“to grow, become green”).


botella

Borrowed from French bouteille or via Spanish botella.


morena

a moray eel, especially the Mediterranean moray (Muraena helena)

(Valencia) mushroom of the genus Agaricus


morena

Inherited from Vulgar Latin morena, from Latin haemorrhoidae, from Ancient Greek αἱμορροΐς (haimorrhoḯs). Doublet of hemorroide, a learned borrowing.


frontera

From front + -era. Compare Spanish frontera, Portuguese fronteira, French frontière, Italian frontiera.


diamant

Borrowed from French and Old French diamant.

Any of various species of estrildid finches in the obsolete subfamily Poephilinae.


escola

Inherited from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή (skholḗ, “spare time, leisure”). First attested in the 14th century.


radi

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


deliri

Learned borrowing from Latin dēlīrium. Doublet of deler, an inherited development.


boda

Inherited from Latin vōta (“vows”), plural of vōtum.


vint

Inherited from Latin vīgintī (“twenty”) (compare Occitan vint, French vingt, Spanish veinte).


dolor

ca-noun

dolor m or (archaic, regional or poetic) f (plural dolors)

pain of a continuing nature, especially that of rheumatism


bis

From older bis (“dark grey”), of unknown origin, but compare French bis meaning "beige."

either of two closely-related species of mackerel, the Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias) or the Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus)


bis

Learned borrowing from Latin bis (“twice”).


traductor

ca-noun

traductor m (plural traductors, feminine traductora)

traductors (plural)
traductora (feminine)


elector

elector m (plural electors, feminine electora)


detergent

Learned borrowing from Latin detergentem.

lbor

L'empresa també ha anunciat el llançament d'Amazon Dash Replenishment a Europa, un servei basat en el núvol que permet configurar els electrodomèstics per fer comandes automatitzades de productes com detergent per a la roba o tinta per a la impressora.

2016 November 9, “Amazon llança l'entrega de productes d'ús diari tocant un botó”, in El Periódico:

The company has also announced the launch of Amazon Dash Replenishment in Europe, a service based in the cloud that allows appliances to be configured with automated ordering for products like clothing detergent or ink for printers.


tel

Inherited from Late Latin tēlum, from tēla.

tel de ceba


duro

(colloquial, historical) coin worth 5 pesetas


vit

Inherited from Latin vectis (“bar, pole”).

inh+

a whip or baton made from a bull's penis


protector

ca-noun

protector m (plural protectors, feminine protectora)

protectors (plural)
protectora (feminine)

protector (someone who protects or guards)


protector

protector (a device or mechanism which is designed to protect)


caló

an argot that has been salted with Caló vocabulary


roda

Inherited from Old Catalan roda, from Proto-Indo-European *Hret- (“to roll”). Compare Occitan ròda, French roue, Spanish rueda.

wheel (a circular device capable of rotating on its axis)

cartwheel (a gymnastic maneuver whereby the gymnast rotates to one side)


marit

Inherited from Old Catalan marit, from Latin marītus.


palau

Inherited from Old Catalan palau, from Latin palātium. Compare Occitan palatz, French palais.


salvador

salvador m (plural salvadors, feminine salvadora)

Inherited from Old Catalan salvador, from Latin salvātōrem.


adonis

A beautiful young man, like the mythological Greek Adonis

pheasant's eye (flowering plant of the genus Adonis)


farsi

Farsi; Western Persian (an Indo-Aryan language of Iran)


auge

From Arabic أَوْج (ʔawj), from Persian اوگ (owg).


peninsular

peninsular m or f by sense (plural peninsulars)


tonga

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a learned borrowing.

(historical) a form of tunic worn by Catalan Jews during the Middle Ages


cu

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


creatura

creature (a living being, especially an animal)


mata

Probably an extension of Late Latin matta (“mat”), i.e. "mat-like growth of plants".


reunió

meeting, gathering (formal assembly of people)


molt

Inherited from Old Catalan molt, from Latin multus.


swahili

swahili m or f by sense (plural swahilis)


medi

medium (substance through which another passes)

medium (person who communicates with ghosts)


divisor

(arithmetic) divisor (number that another is to be divided by)


calor

Inherited from Latin calōrem m (“heat, warmth”).


hepatitis

Learned borrowing from Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”).


islam

Borrowed from Arabic إِسْلَام (ʔislām, “submission, surrender”), verbal noun of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama).


lustre

Borrowed from Latin lustrum. Doublet of llustre and llostre.


planeta

Borrowed from Latin planēta (“planet”), from Ancient Greek πλανήτης (planḗtēs) variant of πλάνης (plánēs, “wanderer, planet”).


guaraní

ca-noun

guaraní m or f by sense (plural guaranís)

Borrowed from Spanish guaraní, from Guaraní guarani.


busca

Perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *busk (“bush, thicket”).

der

a very small portion of something; speck, crumb, smidgen, etc.


meco

(Barcelona criminal slang) fool, easy mark


roja

Rubia tinctorum
Rubia tinctorum#Translingual

a bark beetle of the genus Hylesinus, the larva of which feed on the wood of the olive tree


FC

(soccer) FC: Initialism of futbol club.; Alternative form of CF (“club de futbol”)


sarg

Diplodus sargus
Diplodus sargus#Translingual

white seabream (a fish of the species Diplodus sargus)


saler

salt cellar, salt shaker (utensil for serving salt)

a salting table (table used for salting meat)


DO

denominació d'origen
denominació d'origen#Catalan

Initialism of denominació d'origen (“denomination of origin”)


salat

saltwort, saltbush (any of various halophytic shrubs, particularly of the genera Suaeda, Salsola, and Atriplex)


salat

salat (obligatory daily prayer in Islam)


DEA

Initialism of Diploma d'Estudis Avançats (a tertiary education degree higher than a master's, but lower than a doctorate)


crim

Probably borrowed from Latin crīmen, from Proto-Italic *kreimen, from Proto-Indo-European *kréymn̥, from *krey- (“sieve”) + *-mn̥.


sura

Borrowed from Arabic سُورَة (sūra, “chapter of the Qur'an”).


dissident

ca-noun

dissident m or f by sense (plural dissidents)


reporter

reporter m (plural reporters, feminine reportera)

reporter (a journalist who investigates and reports)


papir

Learned borrowing from Latin papȳrus, from Ancient Greek πᾰ́πῡρος (pápūros).


guerrilla

Acabava d'esventrar un ànec i vaig recuperar, entre les vísceres, la Marianne que li havia lliurat abans d'incorporar-se a la guerrilla.

2014, Llorenç Capellà i Fornés, El carro de Selene:

I just eviscerated a duck and recovered, among the guts, the Marianne medallion which they'd delivered to him before incorporating him into the guerrilla unit.

guerrilla (small official or unofficial military troop)


sentiment

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sentimentum. By surface analysis, sentir + -ment.


soc

block, chock (for preventing movement of a wheel)


soc

Inherited from Latin soccus (“slipper”). Compare Spanish zueco.


soc

Borrowed from Arabic سُوق (sūq, “market”).


soc

(dialectal) Alternative form of solc (“furrow; groove”)


assistent

ca-noun

assistent m (plural assistents, feminine assistenta)

assistents (plural)
assistenta (feminine)

(cyclism) soigneur


copilot

copilot m or f by sense (plural copilots)


muslim

Borrowed from Arabic مُسْلِم (muslim, “one who submits”), the active participle of أَسْلَمَ (ʔaslama, “he submitted”).


parlament

L'endemà en Caffó em va sol·licitar un parlament.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

The next day Caffó asked me to have a talk with him.


gravamen

[ɡɾəˈβa.mən]

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin gravāmen.


arpa

From Late Latin harpa, from Proto-Germanic *harpǭ.


arpa

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


sota

Inherited from Old Catalan sota, from Vulgar Latin *subta, alteration of Latin subtus (whence Old Catalan sots), derived from sub, from Proto-Italic *supo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo.


peto

Borrowed from Italian petto. Doublet of pit.


bodega

First attested in 1653. Borrowed from Spanish bodega. Doublet of botiga.

(nautical) hold (the cargo area of a ship)


fervor

ca-noun

fervor m or (archaic or poetic) f (plural fervors)

Borrowed from Latin fervōrem. First attested in the 14th century.


calma

From Late Latin cauma, from Ancient Greek καῦμα (kaûma), possibly through the intermediate of Italian calma, but this is uncertain.


grill

Inherited from Old Catalan grill, from Latin gryllus (compare Occitan gril, Spanish grillo), probably from Ancient Greek γρύλλος (grúllos).

sprout, shoot (new growth from a tuber or bulb)

Es pot acabar decorant amb un grill de taronja.

You can finish it by garnishing with a segment of orange.

segment, section (of a citrus fruit or a nut)


carota

grotesque mask (worn during carnival and other folk festivals)


minuend

(arithmetic) minuend (number from which another number is subtracted)


voler

Inherited from Vulgar Latin volēre, regularized from Latin velle.


subtrahend

(arithmetic) subtrahend (a number to be subtracted from another)


noc

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


tub

Borrowed from Latin tubus (“tube, pipe”).


esfera

From Late Latin sphēra, from Latin sphaera (“ball, globe, celestial sphere”), from Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”).


pres

Inherited from Latin prēnsus, from older prehensus.


terme

Inherited from Old Catalan terme, inherited from Latin terminus, from Proto-Indo-European *ter-.


uns

Inherited from Latin ūnōs, accusative masculine plural of ūnus.


cero

(Balearic) Alternative form of cérvol (“deer”)


fila

Inherited from Latin fīla, neuter plural of fīlum.


nombre

Inherited from Old Catalan nombre, from Latin numerus.


impermeable

Borrowed from Latin impermeābilis. By surface analysis, im- + permeable.


mota

Borrowed from Medieval Latin mota (“a mound, hill”), of Germanic origin, perhaps via Frankish *mot, *motta (“mud, peat, bog, turf”), from Proto-Germanic *mutô. Compare French motte.


rapa

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


desembre

Inherited from Old Catalan dehembre, deembre, from Old Catalan decembre, from Latin decembrem. Influenced by desè.


rega

Borrowed from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā. Cognate with French raie.

ladder (UK), run (US) (a length of unravelled fabric in a stocking, etc.)


finlandés

ca-noun

finlandés m (plural finlandesos, feminine finlandesa)

finlandesos (plural)
finlandesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of finlandès


puta

From a Vulgar Latin *pūtta, of uncertain origin, perhaps derived from Latin *puta, female form of Latin putus (“teeny boy”), a hapax legomenon of dubious reading. Cognate with French pute, Spanish puta, Portuguese puta, Galician puta, Asturian puta, as well as Old Italian putta (“girl”).

(derogatory, vulgar) prostitute, whore, slut


dinar

Ultimately derived from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of diner and denari.


dinar

Borrowed from Old Occitan disnar, from Vulgar Latin *disiūnāre, from Late Latin disieiūnō (“to break the fast”), from dis- + ieiūnō (“to fast”), from Latin ieiūnus. Compare Occitan disnar, French dîner.


langur

Borrowed from Hindustani لنگور / लंगूर (laṅgūr, “monkey”), from Sanskrit लाङ्गूल (lāṅgūla, “tail”).


sitja

(historical) underground silo, particularly one used for storing grain

(by extension, agriculture) silo (vertical building for storing grain)

charcoal pile (pile of wood burned to make charcoal)


revolt

From older revoldre, from Latin revolūtus.


senda

Inherited from Latin sēmita (“narrow way, footpath”).


tro

Inherited from Old Catalan tro, from Vulgar Latin *tronus, a noun based on Vulgar Latin *tronāre, modification of Latin tonāre (“to thunder”) (with the additional /r/ perhaps by analogy with *tronitus, metathesis of tonitrus). Compare Spanish trueno, Portuguese trom.


duc

Borrowed from Old French duc, from Latin dux (“leader”).


duc

Onomatopoeic, influenced by the noble title due to large size of members of this species.


trava

Inherited from Old Catalan trava, from Latin trabem (“beam, rafter”). The ending may have been changed to /-a/ due to the word's feminine gender, or a new singular trava could have been back-derived from the original plural traves (cf. xinxa < xinxes). Alternately, trava could simply be a deverbal of travar, a verb derived from the same Latin source.


tuta

Chromis chromis, a species of damselfish native to the Mediterranean


reyna

— Bésam lo peu; — li contesta la seva dòna alsantse y anantsen al seu quarto ab tota la magestat d'una reyna agraviada.

1906, Emili Vilanova i March, Gent de casa, page 36:

"Kiss my foot," his wife replies, rising and going to her room with all the majesty of an insulted queen.


uzbek

ca-noun

uzbek m (plural uzbeks, feminine uzbeka)


acer

Inherited from Late Latin aciārium, from Latin aciēs, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp, pointed”). Compare French acier, Galician aceiro, Italian acciaio, Occitan acièr, Portuguese aço, Spanish acero.


planta

Inherited from Old Catalan planta, from Latin planta, from Proto-Italic *plāntā, from Proto-Indo-European *pléh₂-n̥t-eh₂, from *pleh₂- (“flat”).

sole (of a shoe or foot- see planta del peu)

physical aspect or impression of a person


passa

(historical, measure) Spanish pace, a former unit of length


passa

epidemic (a widespread disease that affects many individuals in a population)


fet

Inherited from Latin factum. Compare Old French fet, Modern French fait. Compare also Spanish hecho.


falla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *facla, contracted form of Latin facula, diminutive of fax (“torch”). Compare the borrowed doublet fàcula.

constructions of inflammable materials, based in figures that are caricatures (the ninots) that are installed in certain Valencian municipalities and are burned to ashes the day of Saint Joseph

the associations or organizations around these constructions


recluta

ca-noun

recluta m or f by sense (plural reclutes)


tutor

tutor m (plural tutors, feminine tutora)

guardian (person responsible for another)


ganga

→ English: ganga

→ French: ganga

Imitative. The sense of "bargain" stems from the fact that the sandgrouse is considered a less valuable form of game.

onomatopoeic

Imitative


garrafa

Borrowed from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa); see carafe for more.


castell

→ English: castell

→ Spanish: castell

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

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


tinta

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

mitja tinta


anguila

eel (any fish of the order Anguilliformes)


grau

→ Spanish: grao

Tots els animals amb cervell tenen un cert grau de consciència.

2020 December 12, David Bueno, “10 coses que encara no sabem del cervell [10 things we still don't know about the brain]”, in Ara:

All animals with brains have a certain degree of consciousness.

degree, level (an individual step, or stage, in any process or scale of values)

degree, extent (the amount that an entity possesses a certain property; relative intensity)

(education) grade, year, form (a level of education)

(education) degree (a stage of proficiency or qualification in a course of study)

(physics) degree (a unit of measurement of temperature on any of several scales)

fer un gir de 180 graus

to do a 180 (literally, “to make a turn of 180 degrees”)

(geometry) degree (a unit of measurement of angle)


folc

From Proto-West Germanic *folk (“people, tribe”), perhaps via a Vulgar Latin fulcus. Compare Old French foulc (Modern French foule).


tous

plural of tou (“soft or fleshy part; bead (of fat); tender cut (of meat); heap (of straw); etc.”)


tela

Inherited from Old Catalan tela, from Latin tēla.


grana

Inherited from Latin grāna, plural of grānum (“grain”).


burg

Borrowed from Late Latin burgus, from Frankish *burg (“fortress”).

(historical) a fortified settlement, fortress

(historical) the outskirts of a city, suburbs


posta

posta de sol


elemental

(alchemy, folklore, mythology) elemental


culer

→ Spanish: culé

From cul (“bottom, butt”) + -er. The football sense is from fans sitting on the walls of the first stadium in Barcelona, exposing their culs to passersby.

(soccer) a person connected with FC Barcelona, as a player, fan, staff, coach etc.


ase

Inherited from Latin asinus. Compare Occitan asne and ase, French âne, and Spanish asno.

(dialectal)


fon

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).


bandit

ca-noun

bandit m (plural bandits, feminine bandida)


grama

Alternative form of gram (“Bermuda grass”)


amant

From Latin amantem, or from amar (“to love”).

lover (a sexual partner, especially one with whom someone is having an affair)


actitud

attitude (position or stance on an issue or concept)


cara

Inherited from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin cara, from Ancient Greek κάρα (kára, “head, face”).


glop

un glop de cafè


suahili

suahili m or f by sense (plural suahilis)


comte

comte m (plural comtes, feminine comtessa)

Inherited from Latin comitem. Compare Occitan comte, French comte. Doublet of còmit.


globus

globus terraqüi ― a world globe, see also bola del món

globus cruciger (golden orb representing royal power)


cama

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


mamut

Borrowed from French mammouth, from Russian ма́монт (mámont), from a Uralic language.


aspirant

ca-noun

aspirant m or f by sense (plural aspirants)


perla

Unknown, probably based on Vulgar Latin *pernula, diminutive of Latin perna, a kind of oyster. Cognate with Italian perla, French perle and Spanish perla.


anapest

anapest m (plural anapests or anapestos)


capella

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cappella or inherited from Late Latin cappella, from cappa. Compare Occitan capèla.


nona

From Latin nōna (“ninth [hour]”). The infantile meaning "sleep" might be derived from the sense of "siesta, afternoon nap" or might be purely onomatopoeic.

No tinc nona!

(Valencia) Ononis aragonensis, a species of restharrow native to Iberia.


nata

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *natta, from Latin matta.


semestre

Borrowed from Latin sēmēnstris (“six months”), from sex (“six”) + mēnsis (“month”).


reflex

Borrowed from Latin reflexus. First attested in 1803.

reflection (something that is reflected)

reflex (an automatic response to a simple stimulus)


corresponsal

ca-noun

corresponsal m or f by sense (plural corresponsals)

correspondent (a journalist who sends reports from a distant location)


seguidor

seguidor m (plural seguidors, feminine seguidora)


manera

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *man(u)āria, from the feminine of Latin manuārius. Compare Occitan manièra, Spanish manera, Portuguese maneira, French manière.


jove

jove m or f by sense (plural joves or (found in part of Western Catalan, including all of Valencia, as well as in Ibiza) jóvens)

joves (plural)
jóvens (Catalan Western including plural)


jove

jove f (plural joves or (found in part of Western Catalan, including all of Valencia, as well as in Ibiza) jóvens)


lectura

Borrowed from Late Latin lēctūra, from Latin lēctūrus.


compatriota

compatriota m or f by sense (plural compatriotes)


captura

catch (that which is captured or caught)


maleta

Borrowed from Old French malete, diminutive of male (“leather bag”). Cognate with contemporary French mallette (“briefcase”).


república

Borrowed from Latin rēspūblica, from rēs pūblica (“republic”, literally “[the] public thing”), from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”).


oficial

oficial m (plural oficials, feminine oficiala)


inversor

inversor m (plural inversors, feminine inversora)


ribera

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rīpāria.


erm

From Late Latin erēmus, from Ancient Greek ἐρῆμος (erêmos).


mans

(castells, invariable f.pl.) a casteller positioned behind the baix (also in front of the baix in the case of a pilar) and helping to support the segon, or a casteller in the pinya positioned behind these mans

(castells, invariable f.pl.) any of the castellers helping to support the segons with their hands, including the mans as defined above, the vents, and the laterals

(castells, invariable f.pl.) in a construction built without a pinya, a casteller who stands around the base with arms raised and braced to provide safety in case of a fall; the act of doing this


temor

ca-noun

temor m or (archaic, popular or poetic) f (plural temors)


sirena

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


falta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fallita, feminine of *fallitus, in place of Latin falsus, perfect passive participle of fallō. Compare Occitan fauta, Portuguese and Spanish falta, French faute.


tortuga

Inherited from Old Catalan tartuga (cf. also earlier form tartaruga), probably from the feminine of Late Latin Tartarucchus or tartarūchus, a mythological spirit of Greek origin, from Ancient Greek ταρταροῦχος (tartaroûkhos), from Τάρταρος (Tártaros). Compare Occitan tartuga, French tortue, Spanish tortuga, Portuguese tartaruga, Italian tartaruga. Cf. also Medieval Latin tortuca.


programa

From Late Latin programma, from Ancient Greek πρόγραμμα (prógramma).

program, plan, schedule (a set of structured activities)

syllabus (statement of the subjects that will be covered in a course)

program (a leaflet listing information about a play, a concert, a game, a ceremony, etc.)

(politics) platform (an exposition of the set of goals supported by a political party or candidate)

(computing) program (a set of instructions and data that encode an algorithm and that are executable in a computer system)

program (a software application designed to perform a specific task)

(broadcasting) program (a particular unit or show broadcasted on radio or television)


culebrot

L'única dona els despatxava rere la barra; quan no li demanaven res s'entretenia amb el culebrot sud-americà que feien a la tele.

2019, Xevi Sala Puig, No tornaran vius, Columna CAT, →ISBN:

a melodramatic television or radio series on the lives of a group of people; a soap opera


cafetera

From cafeter + -era or French cafetière. See also tetera (“teapot”).

coffeemaker (kitchen apparatus used to brew and filter coffee)

coffeepot (vessel for preparing or serving coffee)

(colloquial) bucket of bolts (a piece of machinery that's not worth more than its scrap value)

(colloquial) good-for-nothing (a useless person)


tocador

ca-noun

tocador m (plural tocadors, feminine tocadora)


periodista

periodista m or f by sense (plural periodistes)


analista

analista m or f by sense (plural analistes)


aparador

[ə.pə.ɾəˈðo]


escala

Probably borrowed from Italian scala, in this sense taken from Byzantine Greek σκάλα (skála), itself from Latin scala.


dilluns

Inherited from Latin diēs Lūnae (“Day of the Moon, Monday”). Compare Occitan diluns.


forca

Inherited from Latin furca (compare Occitan forca, French fourche, Spanish horca).


dimarts

Inherited from Latin diēs Martis (“Day of Mars, Tuesday”). Compare Occitan dimars.


balda

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic [script needed] (aḍḍábba, “latch”).


entrada

entrance (pass entitling the holder to admission)


sorpresa

From sorprender, or borrowed from French surprise.


parada

stop (a designated place where a public transport vehicle stops, so that passengers can get on or off)

(fencing) action of stopping a blow with the sword

(commerce) stand where merchandise is exposed to buyers, as in a market, food court, etc

(military) formation of the troops to be reviewed


retrovisor

mirall retrovisor
mirall retrovisor#Catalan

Clipping of mirall retrovisor (“rear-view mirror”).


caoba

Borrowed from Spanish caoba, from Taíno [Term?].


política

politics (methodology and activities associated with running a government)

female equivalent of polític (“politician”)


seu

(Christianity) seat (of a bishop or pope), see


seu

Inherited from Old Catalan sèu, from Latin sēbum (“tallow, grease; suet”), from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”).


cortina

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“curtain”).


cortina

Inherited from Late Latin cōrtīna (“bit of enclosed land”).


pacifista

ca-noun

pacifista m or f by sense (plural pacifistes)


batalla

Inherited from Late Latin battālia, variant of Latin battuālia (“fencing, fighting practice”), battuō (“to strike”). Compare Old Occitan batalha and French bataille.

inh

battle (a fight between two armed forces)

(figuratively) battle (any stuggle or contest marked by strong feelings)


frase

Learned borrowing from Late Latin phrasis (“diction”), from Ancient Greek φράσις (phrásis, “manner of expression”).


fundador

ca-noun

fundador m (plural fundadors, feminine fundadora)


pati

Perhaps ultimately from Latin pactum or Latin patulus.

atrium (enclosed paved area open to the sky)


negociador

negociador m (plural negociadors, feminine negociadora)

negociadors (plural)
negociadora (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin negōtiātōrem (“merchant, banker”); equivalent to negociar + -dor.


postura

From Latin positūra. Doublet of positura.


apertura

Borrowed from Latin apertūra. Doublet of the inherited obertura.


seda

Inherited from Old Catalan seda, from Latin sēta, variant of saeta, from Proto-Italic *saitā, from Proto-Indo-European *séh₂ito-, *sh₂éyto-, from *sh₂ey-, *seh₂i- (“to bind”).


regla

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin regula. Doublet of rella.


descriptor

(information science, linguistics) descriptor


turista

ca-noun

turista m or f by sense (plural turistes)


creditor

creditor m (plural creditors, feminine creditora)


opositor

opositor m (plural opositors, feminine opositora)


socialista

socialista m or f by sense (plural socialistes)


oferta

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *offerta, from the female past participle of Vulgar Latin *offerīre, from Latin offerre (which had the past participle oblāta). First attested in the 13th century.

offer (something put forth, bid, proffered or tendered)


examen

Borrowed from Latin exāmen. Compare the inherited eixam.


futbolista

futbolista m or f by sense (plural futbolistes)

(soccer) footballer (British); football player (Britain), soccer player (US, Canada, Australia)


tenebra

L'autèntic drama no habita en el cor de les tenebres, sinó en les tenebres del cor.

Authentic drama doesn't reside in the heart of darkness but in the darkness of the heart.

(in the plural, Christianity) Tenebrae (Holy Week religious service)


parts

les parts (genitals, privates parts)


limusina

Borrowed from French limousine. Doublet of llemosina.


pipa

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pīpa (“pipe”), from Latin pīpō (“to pip”).

inh+

Ganoderma lucidum
Ganoderma lucidum#Translingual

Ganoderma lucidum, a red-coloured mushroom


princesa

Borrowed from French princesse, from prince + -esse.


esponja

From Latin spongia, from Ancient Greek σπογγιά (spongiá).

Luffa acutangula
Luffa acutangula#Translingual

(in the plural) dishcloth gourd (Luffa acutangula)


altura

height (distance from the base of something to the top)

tallness (quality or characteristic of being tall)


pantalla

→ Spanish: pantalla


vena

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


cisterna

tank (a closed container for liquids or gases)


carril

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *carrīlis, as an alteration of Late Latin currīlis, from Latin currus (“chariot”), with influence from carrus.

rail (the metal bar that makes the track for a railroad)


palanca

Inherited from Vulgar Latin palanca, from Latin phalanga, from the accusative form of Ancient Greek φάλαγξ (phálanx, “log, trunk, body of soldiers, etc.”).


palma

Inherited from Latin palma, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂meh₂.


característica

ca-noun

característica f (plural característiques)


tortura

Borrowed from Late Latin tortūra, a noun ultimately on torqueō (“twist”).

torture (intentional causing of somebody's experiencing agony)


basar

Borrowed from Persian بازار (bâzâr, “market”), from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to buy”), maybe borrowed through French bazar (“bazaar”).


ve

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


sistema

Borrowed from Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma).


pintor

ca-noun

pintor m (plural pintors, feminine pintora)

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


bala

dues bales de paper


bala

Coses inútils com les caixes o els bancs / Coses terribles com les bales o els tancs

2019, “Sento”, in Energia fosca, performed by El Petit de Cal Eril:


cerro

Inherited from Old Catalan cerro, from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cirrus, a learned borrowing.


trenta

Inherited from Old Catalan trenta, from Latin trigintā, from Proto-Indo-European *tri(d)ḱomt (“thirty”).


bomba

Back-formation from bombarda (“bombard”).


barba

Inherited from Latin barba, from earlier *farba, from Proto-Italic *farβā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰardʰeh₂ (“beard”).


mas

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

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


militar

ca-noun

militar m or f by sense (plural militars)

Borrowed from Latin mīlitāris, from mīles (“soldier”).


coronel

Borrowed from Italian colonnello, diminutive of colonna, from Latin columna.


barda

From a pre-Roman and perhaps pre-Indo-European substrate word *barda "brambles, branches" and, by extension, an enclosure reinforced with them.

fold, pen (enclosure for domestic animals)


vigor

Borrowed from Latin vigōrem (“vigour”). First attested in the 13th century.


forn

Inherited from Latin furnus, from Proto-Italic *fornos, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰr̥-nós, from *gʷʰer- (“warm, hot”). Compare Occitan forn or horn.


broc

No fotem, que no estic per brocs.

Let's not fuck around, I'm not in the mood for excuses.


tos

Inherited from Old Catalan tos, from Latin tussis, from Proto-Italic *tussis.


tos

un tos de cérvol

(heraldry) caboshed head of an animal charge


gros

Inherited from Latin grossus, possibly ultimately of Germanic origin.

(numismatics) groschen (obsolete silver coin)


gota

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

a drop (a small spheroid or amount of liquid)


merlot

From merla (“blackbird”) + -ot. Compare guatllot (“male quail”).


mora

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mōra, from mōrum.


caramel

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus. Doublet of caramell.

caramel (sticky confection made by heating sugar)

“És com si a Hillary Clinton li haguessin ficat la mà a les butxaques i li haguessin tret els caramels.

2016 November 9, Idoya Noain, “¿Què serà del nostre país?”, in El Periódico:


fama

Borrowed from Latin fama, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-mā-, from *bʰeh₂- (“to speak”).


dama

Borrowed from French dame, from Latin domina. Doublet of dona.

(in the plural) checkers (US), draughts (UK)


compositor

compositor m (plural compositors, feminine compositora)

compositors (plural)
compositora (feminine)


canapé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of canapè


fluor

Learned borrowing from Latin fluōrem (“flowing”).


halter

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἁλτῆρες (haltêres).


lacrosse

Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).


apnea

(sports) freediving / free-diving / free diving


rom

Inherited from Latin rhombus (“flatfish”).


francesa

female equivalent of francès (“Frenchman”)


ema

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


japonesa

feminine of japonès (Valencian: japonés)


europeu

ca-noun

europeu m (plural europeus, feminine europea)


cep

Inherited from Latin cippus (compare Occitan cep, French cep, Spanish cepo).

Boletus edulis
Boletus edulis#Translingual

porcini (edible mushroom, Boletus edulis)


orina

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


menor

minor (person who is below the age of majority)


trull

→ Spanish: trullo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *troculum, from Latin torculum.


fins

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


diable

Likely borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Late Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).


impostor

ca-noun

impostor m (plural impostors, feminine impostora)

impostor (someone who uses a false identity)


foc

Inherited from Latin focus. Compare Occitan fòc. Doublet of focus, a borrowing from Latin.


tabard

Borrowed from Old French tabart (“simple sleeveless overtunic; heavy overmantel”), of unknown origin.


nimbus

Learned borrowing from Latin nimbus. Doublet of nimbe.


vega

From Old Basque *bai-ko (“river plain, water meadow”); akin to Basque ibaiki (“riverbank”), from ibai (“river”).


vega

Possibly from the sense of "meadow" or possibly from vagar (“to wander”) with a change of vowel.

Per contra, el faria caure d'una embranzida i un cop en terra el deixaria podrir fins que els cucs hi fessin una bona vega.

On the contrary, he would make it fall at one bound and once on the ground he would let it rot until the worms made a nice feast of it.

pleasure, especially in the act of eating


univers

Borrowed from Latin ūniversum, neuter of ūniversus (“whole, entire”).


cingle

Inherited from Latin cingulum (“girdle”).

inh+

espadat


nena

female equivalent of nen; girl, female child


bandera

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


tara

Borrowed from Arabic طَرْحَة (ṭarḥa, “that which is thrown away”), a derivative of طَرَحَ (ṭaraḥa, “to throw (away)”).


fris

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


coll

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

mal de coll


riba

Inherited from Old Catalan riba, from Latin rīpa, from Proto-Indo-European *rey- (“to tear, cut”).


riba

Borrowed from Arabic رِيبَاس (rībās, “Syrian rhubarb; currant”).


etimologia

Borrowed from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία (etumología), from ἔτυμον (étumon, “true sense”) + -λογία (-logía).


subaltern

ca-noun

subaltern m (plural subalterns, feminine subalterna)

subalterns (plural)
subalterna (feminine)

Learned borrowing from Latin subalternus.


adorer

ca-noun

adorer m (plural adorers, feminine adorera)

native or inhabitant of Ador, Valencia, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)


moble

Inherited from Old Catalan moble, from Latin mobilem, used in juridical contexts to refer to movable possessions. Compare Occitan mòble, French meuble, Spanish mueble. Doublet of mòbil, a borrowing from Latin.


alcalde

alcalde m or f by sense (plural alcaldes, feminine alcaldessa)

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَاضِي (al-qāḍī, “judge”).


cura

Inherited from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeys- (“to heed”).

amb molta cura

care (close attention; concern; responsibility)

care, treatment (the treatment of those in need)

cure (a method that restores good health)


coronavirus

És un virus d'una família coneguda, els coronavirus, que causa refredats i infeccions respiratòries.

2020 January 27, Cristina Mas, “Guia pràctica sobre el coronavirus”, in Ara:

It's a virus from a well-known family, the coronaviruses, which cause colds and respiratory infections.


portuguesa

feminine of portuguès (Valencian: portugués)


gana

Unknown, maybe related to Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌽 (*ganan, “to covet”)

tenir ganes

to feel like, fancy (literally, “to have desires”)

(especially in the plural) desire to do something


doi

Possible relation with doll (“pitcher”). The connection between the two meanings is unclear, but can also be found with the word caduf, which in Mallorca means both "pitcher" and "silliness".


supervisor

ca-noun

supervisor m (plural supervisors, feminine supervisora)

supervisors (plural)
supervisora (feminine)


obra

From Old Catalan obra, inherited from Latin opera, derived from the plural of opus. Doublet of òpera.

(often in the plural) construction, repairs (of a building)


ababol

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic حَبَّبَوْر (ḥabbabawr).

bor+

Papaver rhoeas
Papaver rhoeas#Translingual

the flower of the red poppy (Papaver rhoeas)


llana

Inherited from Old Catalan lana, from Latin lāna. Compare Occitan lana, French laine, Spanish lana.


ets

amb tots els ets i uts
amb tots els ets i uts#Catalan

Plural of Latin et used in phrase amb tots els ets i uts.


bri

Unknown; possibly of Gaulish origin from *brinos (“filament, fiber”). (Compare French brin, Breton broenenn, Welsh brwynen), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrugh-no- (“twig”), perhaps related to the root of English brush.

El vent m'ha dut grans de blat / i com que ja és primavera / les espigues s'han llevat / per damunt dels brins de l'herba

1970, Pau Riba (lyrics and music), “Canço sèptima en colors”, in Dioptria:

un bri d'esperança

(figurative) bit, modicum (a small amount of something)


sud

Borrowed from French sud, from Old English suþ, from Proto-Germanic *sunþrą.

al sud de Londres


carter

ca-noun

carter m (plural carters, feminine cartera)

(card games) reserve (remaining cards not dealt out)


polla

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


sonata

Borrowed from Italian sonata. First attested in 1839.


timbal

Alteration of tabal under the influence of címbal or tambor.


embolic

From embolicar (“to wrap, entangle”). First attested in 1653.

Quin embolic has fet amb tots els papers, m'ha costat una hora ordenar-los!

What a mess you made with all the papers, it took me an hour to organize them!

M'he fet un embolic amb la suma i ara l'he de començar un altre cop!

I've made a mess with the sum and now I have to start again!


confessor

confessor m (plural confessors, feminine confessora)

confessors (plural)
confessora (feminine)

Learned borrowing from Latin cōnfessōrem.

lbor

confessor of the faith
confessor#English

confessor (priest who hears confessions)


molla

Inherited from Old Catalan molla (note the older form meolla), from Latin medulla. Doublet of moll.

crumb (small, broken-off piece of bread)

softer part of the flesh (of people or animals)


UCI

No només es tracta de la falta de llits d'UCI per atendre malalts greus que no siguin de covid-19.

2020 January 12, “La salut, al límit [Healthcare at the limit]”, in Ara:

It's not just about the lack of ICU beds to take care of those who are seriously ill not from covid-19.

unitat de cures intensives
unitat de cures intensives#Catalan

Initialism of unitat de cures intensives (“intensive care unit; ICU”).


compte

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin computus. Compare French compte.

slbor

count (act of counting or tallying something)

caldrà anar amb compte

compte de usuari


tipi

Borrowed from English teepee, from Lakota thípi.


veta

Durant aquest període el meu únic deure era anotar totes les formes de vida que existissin en un petit rectangle, curosament delimitat per vetes i fils.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 2, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

During that period, my only duty was to write down all life forms that existed in a small rectangle, carefully delimitated with ribbons and ropes.


laic

Learned borrowing from Latin laicus, from Ancient Greek λαός (laós). Doublet of llec.


teca

Probably deverbal from encatacar-se (“to eat”), in turn a cross between atacar-se (“to attack”), encarcanyar-se, and Old Catalan entecar-se (“to be contagious”), alteration of *eticar-se, from ètic (“phthisic, tuberculosis”).


teca

Probably borrowed from Spanish teca; in turn from Portuguese teca, from Malayalam തേക്ക് (tēkkŭ).


teca

Borrowed from Latin thēca (“case, envelope, sheath”), from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē).


vano

(Central, Northern, northwestern) hand fan

(castells) a set of pilars built simultaneously, for example at the end of an actuació


viudo

Masculine formed on the basis of the feminine viuda. Cf. Latin viduus, and the Catalan vidu.


verdolaga

Borrowed from Mozarabic *bardiláqa, from Latin portulāca, with influence from verd.


viuda

ca-noun

viuda f (plural viudes, masculine viudo)

From Latin vidua.
In the Middle Ages, jurists introduced a learned Latin borrowing vídua to replace the inherited Old Catalan form viuva (from a Vulgar Latin *viduva). The current form viuda supposedly emerged as a compromise between the two forms. The masculine form was derived from the feminine. Cf. also Spanish viuda, which may have influenced it.


quadrat

Probably borrowed from Latin quadrātus. Cf. caire, quadre.


adiós

Borrowed from Spanish adiós. Compare the native Catalan adeu.


motocicleta

From moto- + (bi)cicleta. Compare French motocyclette.


indígena

indígena m or f by sense (plural indígenes)


hòbbit

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


soga

Inherited from Late Latin sōca, of Celtic origin, from Gaulish *soukā, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“to bend, to cut, to drive”), see also Sanskrit सुवति (suvati).

der

A la punta de la soga hi havíem afegit un plom, per donar-li pes.

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

At the end of the rope we had added a plummet, to give it weight.


organista

ca-noun

organista m or f by sense (plural organistes)


intern

intern m (plural interns, feminine interna)


ponent

Inherited from Latin ponentem (“putting, setting”), present active participle of pōnō (“to put, to set”).


venda

Inherited from Latin vēndita, from Latin vēnditus, perfect passive participle of vēndō (“to sell”).


idioma

Borrowed from Late Latin idioma, from Ancient Greek ἰδίωμα (idíōma, “peculiarity; idiom”).


rec

From Proto-Celtic *ɸrik- (“furrow”). Compare Occitan rèc (whence French arrèc) and Basque erreka.


selva

Inherited from Old Catalan selva, from Latin silva, from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Compare Occitan selva, Spanish selva.


garrot

garrote (an iron collar formerly used to carry out executions)


pudor

From Latin pūtōrem. First attested in the 14th century.


sis

Inherited from Latin sex, from Proto-Indo-European *swéḱs.


titular

ca-noun

titular m or f by sense (plural titulars)


parietal

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


carro

Inherited from Old Catalan carro, from Latin carrus, from Gaulish *karros, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱr̥sós, from *ḱers- (“to run”). Compare Occitan carri, carro, car.


administrador

ca-noun

administrador m (plural administradors, feminine administradora)

administradors (plural)
administradora (feminine)

administrator (a person who has been made responsible for certain managerial tasks by a public or private organization)

(law) (a person who has been made responsible for overseeing the affairs of another person)


plana

plain (an expanse of land with relatively low relief)


ordinador

Borrowed from Latin ōrdinātōrem, influenced by ordenar.


decor

Borrowed from Latin decōrum. Doublet of decòrum.


ossa

La història d'un home nord-americà que va sobreviure a l'atac d'una ossa dissabte passat a prop de la localitat de Bozeman (Montana, EUA) s'ha convertit en l'últim fenomen viral a la xarxa.

2016 October 6, “Un home sobreviu a l'atac d'una ossa i mostra les ferides”, in El Periódico:

The story of an American man who survived an attack by a [she-]bear last Saturday near the town of Bozeman (Montana, USA) has become the latest viral phenomenon on the net.


mampara

Deverbal from mamparar, alteration of emparar.


dol

From Late Latin dolus (compare Occitan dòl, French deuil, Italian duolo), a derivative of Latin dolor (“pain”).

black clothing one wears during a mourning period

(colloquial) blackish zone in someone's body due to lack of hygiene, such as underneath the fingernails


llanta

Borrowed from Spanish llanta, from French jante.


cuculla

Borrowed from Latin cucūlla. Doublet of cogulla.


acta

Borrowed from Latin ācta (“register of events”), plural of āctum.


ens

Borrowed from Latin ēns (“being”); compare Spanish ente.

ens públic


ens

(traditional) plural of en (“the letter N”)


gelada

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin gelāta, derived from Latin gelāre (“freeze”). By surface analysis, gelar + -ada.


bec

Inherited from Latin beccus (“beak”), from Gaulish *beccos, from Proto-Celtic *bekkos.


pornografia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πορνογραφία (pornographía).


oli

From Latin oleum (“olive oil”), from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “olive”). Compare Occitan òli.


rosses

plural of rossa (“nag, hack (worn-out horse); carrion”)


pizzeria

From Italian pizzeria. By surface analysis, pizzer + -ia.


beluga

Borrowed from Russian белу́га (belúga), from бе́лый (bélyj, “white”).


verro

Inherited from Latin verres, perhaps via a Vulgar Latin *verrus, for which cf. Italian verro.


piscina

Borrowed from Latin piscīna (“fishpond”).


marca

Of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *marką.


rasa

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


cel

Inherited from Latin caelum, from Proto-Italic *kailom, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂i-lom (“whole”), from *keh₂i-. Compare Occitan cèl.


classe

class (a course of study covering a series of related lessons)


nicotina

(organic chemistry) nicotine (addictive alkaloid derived from tobacco)


salut

Inherited from Old Catalan salut, from Latin salūtem, related to salvus (“safe”). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- (“whole, completed”).


copa

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

(card games, in the plural) goblets; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards

talla de copa


paella

→ Spanish: paella

From Old French paelle (“pan”), from Latin patella (“pan”). Compare Occitan paela.


festa

Inherited from Late Latin fēsta, from the plural of Latin fēstum. Compare Occitan fèsta or hèsta.


història

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


lloc

Inherited from Old Catalan loc, from Latin locus (“place”), from Old Latin stlocus, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to put, place, locate”). Compare Occitan lòc.


boira

Inherited from Latin boreās, from Ancient Greek Βορέᾱς (Boréās).


jou

Inherited from Old Catalan jou, from Latin iugum (compare Occitan jo, French joug, Spanish yugo), from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

(nautical) transom (type of structural beam)


ment

Inherited from Old Catalan ment, from Latin mentem (“mind”), from Proto-Indo-European *méntis (“thought”).


fusta

Inherited from Late Latin fusta (“beam”), from Latin fustis, with a change in gender. See also the dialectal or archaic fust.

inh+

No tenia la fusta de polític.

He didn't have the makings of a politician.


hac

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


tars

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


rei

Inherited from Old Catalan rei, reig, from Latin rēgem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler”).

(endearing) darling, sport (name given to a male child or friend)


soca

Borrowed from Gaulish *tsukka, from Proto-Germanic *stukkaz (“stock; stump”). Compare French souche.

strain (a particular breed or race of animal, microbe etc.)


roba

From Proto-Germanic *raubaz, likely via Gothic. Cognate with English robe and rob, and Scots reif (“robbery, stolen goods”).


pega

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


fura

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *fūra, fūrō.

three-bearded rockling
three-bearded rockling

(zoology) three-bearded rockling (Gaidropsarus vulgaris)


vall

Inherited from Old Catalan vall from Latin vallem. Compare Occitan val, vath.


sor

Inherited from Latin soror (nominative form).

(religion) sister, female member of a religious community


tanda

Borrowed from Arabic تَنْظِيم (tanẓīm, “arrangement”). The modern singular would represent a back-formation from an earlier plural *tàndens.

bor+

Diumenge passat li va tocar la tanda.

El doctor ens ha dit que dilluns vol tornar-li a fer una tanda d'injeccions de cinc dies seguits.

The doctor told us that Monday he wanted to begin another series of injections lasting five consecutive days.


rima

From Old Occitan rima, from rim (“verse”), from Latin rhythmus.


porus

Learned borrowing from Latin porus. First attested in the 14th century.


tenda

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin or Late Latin tenda, from Latin *tendita, from Latin tentus.


gestor

ca-noun

gestor m (plural gestors, feminine gestora)


sosa

→ Spanish: sosa

Borrowed from Arabic سُوَيْدَاء (suwaydāʔ) respectively a dialectal variant of it.


teratogen

[tə.ɾəˈtɔ.ʒən]


mulat

From mul + -at. The sense of "person of mixed race" is a semantic loan from Spanish mulato.


mulat

ca-noun

mulat m (plural mulats, feminine mulata)


armada

From the feminine past participle of armar, corresponding to Medieval Latin armāta, from the feminine past participle of Latin armāre, from arma (“arms”).


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”).


ena

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


albanés

ca-noun

albanés m (plural albanesos, feminine albanesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of albanès


pataca

Variant form of patata, from Spanish patata.


ras

Inherited from Latin rāsus, perfect passive participle of rādere (“scrape, shave”). Cognate to Spanish raso.

al ras


sucre

From Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), from Persian شکر (šekar), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā, “ground or candied sugar”); see sugar for more details.


mont

Inherited from Old Catalan mont, from Latin montem.


llengua

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


barril

barrel (quantity which constitutes a full barrel)


gra

Inherited from Latin grānum (compare French grain, Occitan gran, Spanish grano), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm. Cognate with Portuguese grão, Galician gran, and Spanish grano.

grain, seed, kernel, bean, a single seed of certain crops

grain, a similar single particle of various substances

grain, the linear surface texture of various substances, particularly wood

L'amor ho cura tot i no et fas vell, / és perfecte contra els grans, / la sífilis del cervell / i la tristor de les mans.

1994, Enric Casasses, “Cançó”, in Començament dels començaments i ocasió de les ocasions:

pimple, blackhead, a blocked skin pore, especially with a painful and pus-filled inflamation

(historical) grano, Spanish grain, a traditional unit of mass, equivalent to about 50 mg

grain, other units of measure notionally based on the weight of various grains


joc

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

game (a playful or competitive activity)

(uncountable) play (activity for amusement)

kit, set, service (any collection of items needed for a certain purpose)

assembly (set of pieces working together in a mechanism)


joc

Ultimately from Frankish *juk (“perch, roost”).

anar a joc

to put (birds) in their roost; (figuratively) to put to bed


dona

Inherited from Late Latin domna, shortened variant of Latin domina. Compare Occitan dòna, French dame, Italian donna.


serp

Inherited from Old Catalan serp, from Latin serpēns, derived from serpō (“crawl, creep”), from Proto-Indo-European *serp-.


mur

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


biga

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.

beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building


capa

Inherited from Late Latin cappa. Compare Occitan capa.

Al Photoshop s'usen diferents capes per tractar la imatge.

In Photoshop different layers are used to work with images.

La capa d'ozó està en perill.

film, skin (layer that forms on the top of certain liquids)

El duc portava una capa molt maca.

The duke was wearing a very beautiful cape.


olor

Inherited from Latin olōrem, a non-Classical counterpart to Latin odōrem, likely influenced by olēre (“to smell”), both ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- (“to smell, stink”).


breu

Inherited from Latin brevem. Compare Occitan brèu.


muller

prendre muller


nas

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


febre

(medicine) fever (high body temperature due to disease)

(figuratively) fever, craze (a temporary passion for a new amusement or fashion)


moles

plural of mola (“mass (large volume); sunfish; etc.”)


fogó

From foc (“fire”) + -ó (augmentative suffix).

burner (element on a kitchen stove that generates heat)


MDT

model digital del terreny
w:ca:Model Digital del Terreny

(cartography) Initialism of model digital del terreny (“DTM”).


grua

Inherited from Latin gruem (“crane”), from *gr̥h₂ú-, from Proto-Indo-European *gerh₂- (“to cry hoarsely”).


instructor

ca-noun

instructor m (plural instructors, feminine instructora)

instructors (plural)
instructora (feminine)


faune

grayling (butterfly of the genus Hipparchia)


cosí

Inherited from Latin cōnsōbrīnus, possibly through Vulgar Latin cōnsōbrīnus prīmus > *cosob(r)inprimu > *cosuinprimu > *cosinprim > cosin. Compare Occitan cosin, French cousin. See also Spanish primo.


vora

Inherited from Latin ōra. Compare Spanish orilla.


mida

a mida

prendre les mides


cella

Inherited from Latin cilia, plural of cilium.


dany

Inherited from Latin damnum. Compare Spanish daño, also the related archaic damnatge, more closely cognate to Occitan damatge, French dommage.


amic

Inherited from Latin amīcus (“friend”). First attested in the 13th century. Compare Occitan amic.


niu

Inherited from Old Catalan niu, from Latin nīdus, from Proto-Italic *nizdos (“nest”), from Proto-Indo-European *nisdós (“nest”).


bou

Cancer pagurus
Cancer pagurus#Translingual


bou

→ Galician: bou


fum

Inherited from Latin fūmus, from Proto-Italic *fūmos, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰuh₂mós.


nora

Inherited from Old Catalan nora, from Vulgar Latin *nŏra, from Late Latin nura, from Classical Latin nurus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *snusós.


sonda

From Middle French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old French sonde (“sounding line”), from Old English sund- (“sounding”), as in sundġierd (“sounding-rod”), sundlīne (“sounding-line, lead”), sundrāp (“sounding-rope, lead”), from sund (“ocean, sea”), from Proto-Germanic *sundą (“a swim, body of water, sound”), from Proto-Indo-European *swem(bh)- (“to be unsteady, swim”). Cognate with Old Norse sund (“swimming; strait, sound”). More at sound.


minut

Borrowed from Latin minūtus. Compare the inherited doublet menut.


sigla

Borrowed from Late Latin sigla, plural of siglum (“abbreviation”).


greda

Inherited from Latin crēta. Doublet of creta.


neula

Inherited from Old Catalan neula, from Latin nebula, from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud”). Compare Occitan nèbla, Portuguese névoa, Spanish niebla.


moc

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

der

snood (the flap of erectile red skin on the beak of a male turkey)

(nautical) martingale (spar used to strengthen the bowsprit)

(ichthyology) big salp (Salpa maxima) (type of fish)


moc

Claimed by the DCVB (Diccionari català-valencià-balear) to be derived from a nonexistent English bock, supposedly meaning "vase". Perhaps in reality a confusion with French bock (“beer stein”), from German Bockbier (“bock beer”).


zel

Borrowed from Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos).


cresol

(Valencia) Alternative form of gresol (“crucible”)


raó

Inherited from Old Catalan rahó~rasó~razó~razon, from Latin ratiōnem. Doublet of ració, a borrowing from Latin.


liti

Borrowed from New Latin lithium, from Ancient Greek λίθος (líthos, “stone”).


derma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δέρμα (dérma).


llot

Inherited from Old Catalan lot, from Latin lutum. Compare Spanish lodo.


llum

Inherited from Old Catalan lum, from Latin lūmen (compare Spanish lumbre), from Proto-Indo-European *léwksmn̥, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Compare Occitan lum, Spanish lumbre.


cava

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


bren

From Old Catalan breny, from Gaulish *brennos (“rotten”), from Proto-Celtic *bragnos (“foul, rotten”). Cognate with English bran.


platja

Inherited from Late Latin plagia. Cognate with Galician praia, French plage, Italian spiaggia, Occitan plaja, Portuguese praia, and Spanish playa.


tova

tova calcària

tova volcànica


cala

Unknown. From a pre-Celtic and pre-Iberian word. Compare Sicilian cala.


sena

(dice games) sice (the number six in a game of dice)


torre

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

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

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


escut

Inherited from Latin scūtum, from Proto-Indo-European *skei- (“to cut, split”). Compare Occitan escut, French écu, Spanish escudo.


cine

Clipping of cinema, from Ancient Greek κῑ́νημα (kī́nēma, “movement”).

cinema (the art of making films and movies)


estat

Inherited from Latin stātus. Doublet of estatus, a borrowing from Latin.


sender

Inherited from Old Catalan sender (att. 1154), from Early Medieval Latin sēmitārius, derived from Latin sēmita. Compare Occitan sendièr.


kumis

From Russian кумы́с (kumýs), probably via French koumis.


cirrus

Learned borrowing from Latin cirrus. Doublet of cerro.

(zoology) cirrus (tendril-like appendage)


pau

Inherited from Old Catalan pau, from Latin pācem, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Compare Occitan patz, French paix, Spanish paz.


pau

Callionymus maculatus
Wikispecies:Callionymus maculatus

spotted dragonet (a fish of the species Callionymus maculatus)


pau

Uncertain. Sometimes ascribed to Paul, but also as a phonetic reduction of *paup, alternating form of palp (“the act of feeling”).


corb

Inherited from Latin corvus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂wós. First attested in the 14th century.


viu

Inherited from Latin vīvus, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós.

els vius i els morts


brasa

Unknown. From Vulgar Latin *brasa, perhaps from a pre-latin substrate or from Proto-West Germanic *brasa, from a Proto-Germanic root related to *brewwaną (“to boil, seethe, brew”). However, compare Proto-Indo-European *bʰres- (“to crack, break, burst”).


denari

Learned borrowing from Latin dēnārius. Doublet of diner and dinar.


fossa

fossa comuna


fossa

Cryptoprocta ferox
Cryptoprocta ferox#Translingual


cort

Inherited from Latin cōrtem, from cohors, cohortem. Compare Occitan cort, French court. Doublet of cohort, a borrowing.

pen, stable, sty (enclosure for livestock)

court (body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign)

court, courthouse (place where justice is administered)

court (tribunal established for the administration of justice)


pianista

ca-noun

pianista m or f by sense (plural pianistes)


daina

Borrowed from Middle French dain, from Late Latin dāmus, a masculine variant of Latin dāma (“fallow deer, buck, doe”). Originally masculine in Old Catalan, daine shifted to daina under the influence of words like cabra (“goat”), ovella (“sheep”), etc. via the plural form daines.


conte

Inherited from Latin computus, or deverbal from contar.


puja

Borrowed from Sanskrit पूजा (pūjā, “reverence; worship”).


mut

Inherited from Old Catalan mut, from Latin mūtus, of Proto-Indo-European origin.


grapa

→ Spanish: grapa


ble

Possibly from a reconstructed *bledino-, a derivation of Proto-Celtic *bledyos (“wolf”). Among the many common names in the languages of Europe for Verbascum thapsus (the common mullein), whose long leaves were historically used to make wicks, are the equivalents of “wolf's tail” or “fox's tail”. (For example, Welsh cynffon llwynog (“fox's tail”), dialectal Catalan cua de guilla (“fox's tail”).)

llum de ble

candle, oil lamp (literally, “wick lamp”)

—Perque no'ns hi ajuda com ara'l sol. Que's creu que'l bevem nosaltres el ví? Nosaltres no soms més que'l blè de la llumanera. Si falta l'oli'l blè's consumeix y'l llum s'apaga.

1900, Marià Vayreda i Vila, “Rufagades”, in Sanch Nova:


eina

From earlier aïna, borrowed from Old Occitan aizina, from aize (“comfort”), from Latin adiacēns. Compare Occitan aisina and French aise. Doublet of adjacent, a borrowing from Latin.


truc

Borrowed from Spanish truco or French truc.


soldat

Borrowed from Italian soldato, past participle of soldare, from soldo (“money, military pay”).


rorqual

Borrowed from French rorqual, from Norwegian Nynorsk røyrkval (“furrow whale”), from Old Norse reyðarhvalr.

bor

rorqual (any whale species with long skin folds below mouth)


sigil

Borrowed from Latin sigillum. Doublet of segell.


papu

(folklore) a fantastic creature used to scare children


bolla

Inherited from Latin bulla. Doublet of butlla and bola.


cima

Inherited from Latin cȳma, from Ancient Greek κῦμα (kûma).


ocre

Learned borrowing from Late Latin ochra, from Ancient Greek ὠχρός (ōkhrós, “yellow”). The spelling with -e is due to influence from French ocre.


ris

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

(nautical) reef (rolled portion of sail)


cofa

Borrowed from Arabic قُفَّة (quffa, “basket”).

bor+

a shallow basket, generally without handles; a pannier


cofa

Inherited from Late Latin cofia (“cap”).

(Mallorca) the part of a hat extending above the brim; the crown


redactor

ca-noun

redactor m (plural redactors, feminine redactora)


cranc

Inherited from Latin cancrum. Doublet of càncer.


bons

plural of bon (“Bon (Tibetan religion)”)


marfil

Borrowed from Arabic عَظْم اَلْفِيل (ʕaẓm al-fīl, “elephant-bone”), from عَظْم (ʕaẓm, “bone”) + فِيل (fīl, “elephant”).

bor+

عَظْم اَلْفِيل


talla

Deverbal from tallar. Compare French taille.


ferm

pavement (US), road surface (UK) (paved exterior surface)


gerd

Uncertain. Per GDLC, possibly from Proto-Basque *gĭrd-. First attested in 1803.


sentit

sentits corporals

sisè sentit

sentit comú

fer sentit


impulsor

ca-noun

impulsor m (plural impulsors, feminine impulsora)


tomba

Inherited from Old Catalan tomba, inherited from Late Latin tumba, from Ancient Greek τύμβος (túmbos).


murri

murri m (plural murris, feminine múrria)


granja

[ˈɡɾaɲ.d͡ʒa]

Inherited from Old Catalan granja, borrowed from Old French grange, from Vulgar Latin *grānica. First attested in 1323.


abadia

Inherited from Late Latin abbātia. Compare Occitan abadia.


ast

pollastre a l'ast


carrera

Inherited from Late Latin (via) carrāria, from Latin carrus. Compare Occitan carrièra.


essa

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

ess (a shape or direction of movement that mimics the letter S)


sarda

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


sarda

Sardina pilchardus
Sardina pilchardus#Translingual


trota

(rare) common eagle ray (Myliobatis aquila)


cuento

Borrowed from Spanish cuento. Doublet of conte.


sopa

Inherited from Late Latin suppa (“sopped bread”), from Proto-Germanic *supô.


collet

the collar of a garment (especially a detachable one)


batata

Ipomoea batatas
Ipomoea batatas#Translingual


ple

Inherited from Old Catalan ple (also plen), from Latin plēnus, from Proto-Italic *plēnos, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós (“full”).

plenary meeting (of a parliament, town council, etc.)


colla

Deverbal from collar, of uncertain origin, perhaps from coll (“neck”).

a team of practitioners of certain traditional activities, such as castells building or sardana dancing


jument

Borrowed from Latin iūmentum. Documented since 1413. Doublet of jumenta and also etymology 2.


jument

Borrowed from French jument, from Latin iūmentum.


anomalia

Borrowed from Latin anomalia, from Ancient Greek ἀνωμαλία (anōmalía, “irregularity, anomaly”).


pota

From Vulgar Latin *pauta. First attested in 1371.

caminar a quatre potes

una taula de quatre potes


saguaro

Borrowed from Spanish saguaro, from an Uto-Aztecan language.


grec

Inherited from Old Catalan grec, from Latin graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós). Compare Occitan grèc.


sant

Inherited from Old Catalan sant, from Latin sānctus.

1994, Les Festes dels sants. Material per a la celebració, Centre de Pasoral Litúrgica (publ.), page 8

Honoring the saints is, therefore, honoring Christ.

Honorar els sants és, per tant, honorar Crist.

saint (a person whom a church or another religious group has officially recognised as especially holy or godly)


porro

→ Spanish: porro

Inherited from Old Catalan porro~porre, from Latin porrum.

(slang) spliff (cigarette made with marijuana and tobacco)


mero

Perhaps from Latin *merus, back-formation from merulus, variant of merula (“wrasse”).


menta

crème de menthe (liqueur flavoured with mint)


ministre

ca-noun

ministre m (plural ministres, feminine ministra)


eben

Borrowed from Latin ebenus. Doublet of banús.


kirsch

Borrowed from French kirsch, from German Kirschwasser (“cherry water”).


cercle

Inherited from Old Catalan cercle, inherited from Latin circulus, diminutive of circus. Doublet of cèrcol and the presumably semi-learnèd círcol (now obsolete). Cf. Occitan cercle.


rus

Russian (an inhabitant of Russia or an ethnic Russian)


rus

Russian (the Slavic language of the Russians)


taca

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *tacca, compare French tache.

una taca de pintallavis


potassa

Borrowed from German Pottasche. Cognate with English potash.


tira

Ara fa la tira de temps que no faig la gimnàstica en llevar-me […].

1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 55:

It's been ages now that I haven't done gimnastics after waking up […] .


orde

Inherited from Old Catalan orde, from Latin ordinem. See also ordre. The Old Catalan also included the modern senses of ordre.


concejo

a small administrative subdivision in various parts of Spain


gorra

Borrowed from French gorre or Spanish gorra.

(Andorra, Urgell) barretina, a typical catalan beret


marica

(derogatory, vulgar, colloquial) faggot, queer


avaria

→ Spanish: avería
→ Tagalog: aberya

Borrowed from Arabic عَوَارِيَّة (ʕawāriyya, “damage in transit”).

bor+

damage (especially with boats or with cargo)

breakdown, failure (especially in transport)


falç

Inherited from Latin falcem (compare Occitan fauç or hauç, French faux, Spanish hoz) from Proto-Indo-European *dʰelk-, *dʰelg- (“a cutting tool”).


marbre

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

Alternative form of mabre (“striped seabream”)


parc

Inherited from Old Catalan parc, from Early Medieval Latin par(ri)cus.


bola

First attested in 1502. From Latin bulla, probably through the intermediate of Occitan bola. Doublet of butlla and the archaic or dialectal bolla.

(baseball) ball (pitch which falls outside the strike zone)


vint-i-u

From vint (“twenty”) + i (“and”) + u (“one”).


divuit

Inherited from Vulgar Latin decem octō, from Latin decem (“ten”) et (“and”) octō (“eight”).


disset

Inherited from Vulgar Latin decem septem, from Latin decem (“ten”) et (“and”) septem (“seven”).


bava

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

onomatopoeic

nursery


tretze

Inherited from Latin trēdecim (“thirteen”), from trēs (“three”) + decem (“ten”) (compare Occitan tretze, French treize, Spanish trece, Italian tredici).


dotze

Inherited from Latin duodecim (“twelve”), from duo (“two”) and decem (“ten”). Compare Occitan dotze.


dinou

Inherited from Vulgar Latin decem novem, from Latin decem (“ten”) et (“and”) novem (“nine”).


vuit

Inherited from Latin octō (“eight”), from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.


setze

Inherited from Latin sēdecim (“sixteen”), from sex (“six”) + decem (“ten”) (compare Occitan setze, French seize, Italian sedici).


trompa

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


catorze

Inherited from Latin quattuordecim. Compare Occitan quatorze, French quatorze, Spanish catorce, Italian quattordici.


cubata

Un pagafantes és el típic balòstia que, pensant que pot traure'n un benefici amatori, convida a Fantes o cubates als seus ligues.

2022 February 9, Vincent Pons, “Pagafantes”, in Nosaltres La Veu:

A nice guy is the typical wimp who, thinking to get some kind of romantic benefit, treats their pals to Fantas or Cuba libres.


deu

Inherited from Latin decem, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥.


deu

Inherited from Old Catalan dou, of pre-Roman origin; influenced by Latin dux.


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.

el nus de la qüestió


branca

Inherited from Late Latin branca, possibly of Gaulish or other pre-Roman origin. Compare Occitan branca.


anglès

ca-noun

anglès m (plural anglesos, feminine anglesa)

From Ànglia (“Anglia, land of the Angles”) + -ès.


demandant

ca-noun

demandant m or f by sense (plural demandants)


posa

attitude (state of mind, positive or negative)


volva

Probably from Gaulish *ulva (“spray, wisp”).

Els focus no mostraven res més que volves de neu que queien del cel en espiral.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 12, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

The light beams showed nothing but snowflakes spiraling down from the sky.


bufera

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bufera

acabar-se la bufera


aram

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arāmen, variant of Late Latin aerāmen, derived from Latin aes.


canapè

canapé (a bite-sized open-faced sandwich made of thin bread or toast topped with savory garnish)

canapé (a piece of furniture similar to a couch or settee, an elegant sofa)


cabina

cabin (the passenger area of an airplane)

cockpit (the space for those in control of a vessel)

booth (an enclosure just big enough to accommodate one person)


bugia

From Bugia (“Béjaïa”), a port in Algeria from which wax for candlemaking was imported, from Arabic بِجَايَة (bijāya), from Berber. The sense of "spark plug" is a semantic loan from French bougie.


rial

Borrowed from Arabic رِيَال (riyāl), from Spanish real. Doublet of reial.


canoa

Borrowed from Spanish canoa, from Taíno *kanowa.


tirant

(usually in the plural) braces (UK), suspenders (US)


vair

(historical) vair (black-and-white variegated squirrel fur)


bosc

Inherited from Late Latin boscus, Vulgar Latin *buscus, from Proto-Germanic *buskaz (probably Frankish *busk). Compare Occitan bosc.


carena

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

(agriculture) ridge (between two furrows)

Per una banda, prats secs als sòls poc profunds de les carenes, per l'altra, prats molls i jonqueres al fons de les valls.

2001, Oriol de Bolòs i Capdevila, Vegetació dels Països Catalans:

On the one side, dry meadows on the shallow soil of the ridges, on the other, wet meadows and rush beds at the bottom of the valleys.


kurd

From the name in Kurdish, but of unknown ultimate meaning. More at Kurds.


partidista

partidista m or f by sense (plural partidistes)


hipoteca

Borrowed from Latin hypothēca (“pledge, mortgage”).


tombant

tombant de segle

turn; the change from one period of time to another


trona

Inherited from Latin tribuna. Doublet of tribuna.


trona

Borrowed from Spanish trona, ultimately from Egyptian by way of Ancient Greek νίτρον (nítron); see English trona for more.

(chemistry) trona (dihydrate mineral form of sodium sesquicarbonate, formula Na₃H(CO₃)₂ · 2H₂O)


broma

From Ancient Greek βρῶμα (brôma, “food, shipworm, cavity”). Semantic connection is uncertain.

der

Va fer una broma i tothom va riure.

He (or she) played a joke and everyone laughed.


broma

Sempre hi ha broma a aquesta zona.


baga

Aphetic variant of obaga, feminine of obac (“shady”).


baga

Inherited from Late Latin baca (“ring”).


taxa

taxa de mortalitat

rate (the proportional relationship between one amount, value etc. and another)


esperança

Inherited from Vulgar Latin spērantia, from Latin spērāns. Corresponds to esperar + -ança. Compare Old Occitan esperanssa.


pensionista

ca-noun

pensionista m or f by sense (plural pensionistes)


garra

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *garra (compare Occitan garra, Spanish garra), borrowed from Gaulish *garrā (“leg”). Compare Breton gar, Old Irish gairri (“calves”).

shank (the part of the leg between the knee and the ankle)


proa

Inherited from Latin prōra, from Ancient Greek πρῷρα (prôira).


consolador

consolador m (plural consoladors, feminine consoladora)

consoladors (plural)
consoladora (feminine)


cirrosi

cirrhosis (chronic disease of the liver)

cirrhosis (inflammation of other organs)


negra

negra f (plural negres, masculine negre)

female equivalent of negre: black/Black woman; female ghostwriter


cicuta

Learned borrowing from Latin cicūta. Doublet of ceguda.

Conium maculatum
Conium maculatum#Translingual


poema

Borrowed from Latin poēma, from Ancient Greek ποίημα (poíēma).


oncle

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *aunclus, from Latin avunculus.


clero

From Latin clērus, from Ancient Greek κλῆρος (klêros). The -o ending, uncharacteristic of Catalan, suggests that the term may have been borrowed via Spanish or Italian.


cortesia

From cortès + -ia. First attested in the 14th century.

(uncountable) courtesy, politeness (polite behaviour)


aldea

Borrowed from Arabic اَلضَّيْعَة (aḍ-ḍayʕa, “village”). Compare Spanish aldea, Portuguese aldeia.

bor+

village, mostly used in medieval chronicles when referring to locations outside Catalonia or of Moorish population


resta

(in the plural) remains, leftovers, debris


grat

no és del meu grat


lema

Learned borrowing from Latin lēmma, from Ancient Greek λῆμμα (lêmma).


pintura

Inherited from Old Catalan pintura, from Vulgar Latin *pinctūra, from Latin pictūra.


orgue

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

(firearms) (historical) A set of arquebus which could be fired all at once or one by one.


comare

From Late Latin commāter, from com- (“together”) + māter (“mother”).

co-mother (child's godmother in relation to their parents)


conca

unmarried aunt (especially one who still lives in the family home)

(derogatory) female equivalent of conco (“elderly bachelor”): spinster, old maid


adrenalina

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


cometa

Borrowed from Latin comēta, from Ancient Greek κομήτης (komḗtēs, “long-haired”).


cometa

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


nard

Borrowed from Latin nardus (“spikenard”).


balancer

ca-noun

balancer m (plural balancers, feminine balancera)

person who weighs metals at a minting operation


pólvora

Inherited from Old Catalan polvora, polvera, from Late Latin pulvera, neuter plural based on Latin pulvis m. Doublet of pols < *pulvus.


contrada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *contrāta. Compare Italian contrada, French contrée.


corista

corista m or f by sense (plural coristes)


duna

Borrowed from French dune, from Middle Dutch dūne.


parentela

Learned borrowing from Late Latin parentēla.


cauri

Ultimately from Hindi कौड़ी (kauṛī, “cowry”), perhaps via English or French.


bota

Inherited from Late Latin buttis (“cask”).


messes

Inherited from Latin messes, plural of messis (“harvest”).

(agriculture) grains which have been harvested


corrida

[…] prepara recursos davant tribunals internacionals i l'Ajuntament de Barcelona assegura que tots els estudis jurídics estan a punt per blindar la ciutat contra les corrides.

2016 October 6, Manuel Vilaseró, Ángeles Vázquez, “El Constitucional obre amb els toros un nou front amb Catalunya”, in El Periódico:


balear

Borrowed from Latin Baleārēs (“Balearic Islands”).

bor+

Balearic (a person from the Balearic Islands)


balear

Balearic (the dialect of Catalan spoken in the Balearic Islands)


tenista

ca-noun

tenista m or f by sense (plural tenistes)


monarca

monarca m or f by sense (plural monarques)

Borrowed from Late Latin monarcha, from Ancient Greek μονάρχης (monárkhēs), variant of μόναρχος (mónarkhos, “sole ruler”).


monarca

Danaus plexippus
Danaus plexippus#Translingual


capitular

Borrowed from Late Latin capitulāris. First attested in 1685.

(Christianity) capitular (member of a religious chapter)


auxiliar

auxiliar m or f by sense (plural auxiliars)


afecte

Learned borrowing from Latin affectus, perfect passive participle of afficiō (“to affect, influence”).


xocolata

Borrowed from Spanish chocolate, from Classical Nahuatl [Term?].

chocolate (food derived from cocoa beans)

xocolata desfeta
xocolata desfeta#Catalan

Alternative form of xocolata desfeta (“hot chocolate”)


aloja

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


aloja

(historical) a drink made of hydromel flavoured with spices


alarma

Compression of a l'arma! (“to the arms!”). Cf. French alarme, Italian all'arme.

(military) alarm (a call to arms in preparation against an approaching enemy)

(by extension) alarm (a warning of any type of danger)

(psychology) alarm (fear or apprehension caused by a perceived danger)


asfalté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of asfaltè


tecla

key, button (on a machine or instrument)


baló

twenty reams of paper, that is ten thousand sheets


bastó

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *bastōnem, variant of Latin bastum.

(playing cards, in the plural) clubs; a suit in the Spanish deck of cards


batan

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


baila

Perhaps from Latin varia, feminine of varius (“variegated”).

spotted seabass (Dicentrarchus punctatus)


botó

(idiomatic) anar de vint-i-un botó

dressed to the nines (an idiom, literally to be wearing twenty one button [uniform])


brilla

From Proto-West Germanic *brīdil, from Proto-Germanic *brigdilaz. Doublet of brida and cognate of English bridle.


bordes

plural of borda (“female illegitimate child”)


botes

plural of bota (“barrel, cask; wineskin”)


calé

Borrowed from Caló calé, plural of caló, from Romani kalo, from Sanskrit काल (kāla, “dark, black”). The term originally referred to "dark" copper coins in contrast to "light" silver coins, which were called parné, from parnó (“white”).

Abans de comprar l'estri que teniu a les mans, penseu: realment em fa falta? Us deixareu els calés en una cosa que potser només feu servir un dia o uns minuts?

2020 February 27, Erica Aspas, “Compartir és estimar”, in Time Out Barcelona, volume 586, page 22:

Before buying the tool that you have in your hands, think: do I really need it? Will you let your money go something that you might only use for one day or a few minutes?

(colloquial, usually in the plural) money, cash


acetat

(organic chemistry) acetate (any ester or salt of acetic acid)


centella

From Latin scintilla. First attested in 1575.


comí

From Latin cumīnum, from Ancient Greek κύμινον (kúminon).


comanda

order (a request for some product or service)


clausura

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin claudō (“to close, to shut”).


contacte

Borrowed from Latin contāctus (compare Spanish contacto).


corea

Borrowed from Latin chorēa, from Ancient Greek χορεία (khoreía, “a type of dance”).


cremes

plural of crema (“cream; soup with cream; custard”)


cultiva

(agriculture) a field allowed to go fallow and serve as a pasture for a year


escarabat

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

escarabat de cuina
escarabat de cuina#Catalan

Ellipsis of escarabat de cuina (“cockroach”).


deriva

drift (course or direction along which anything is driven; setting)


vesper

From vespa + -er. Compare Occitan vespièr, French guêpier, Portuguese vespeiro, Spanish avispero, Romanian viespar, Italian vespaio, Friulian gjespâr.


morsa

Borrowed from French morse, from Russian морж (morž).

Duien pells tan contundents que feien pensar en cossos de morsa.

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

They brought furs so thick they brought to mind bodies of walruses.


hiena

Learned borrowing from Latin hyaena, from Ancient Greek ὕαινα (húaina).


rocs

plural of roc (“rook (chess piece or heraldic charge); roc (mythological bird)”)


sols

plural of sol (“sun; sol (unit of currency)”)


sols

plural of sol (“sol (the fifth note of a diatonic scale)”)


sols

plural of sol (“sol (a colloid suspension of a solid in a liquid)”)


faja

Inherited from Latin fāgea, feminine form of fāgeus (“beechen”).


filtre

Borrowed from Medieval Latin filtrum. First attested in 1839.


filtre

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

(anatomy) philtrum (groove in the upper lip)


forja

Borrowed from French forge. Doublet of farga, an inherited word, and the learned fàbrica.

forging (acting or effect of forging (metal))


esperó

From Frankish *sporo, from Proto-Germanic *spurô.


escolta

ca-noun

escolta m or f by sense (plural escoltes)


estiba

stowage (the act of stowing and the things which are stowed)


estampa

(nautical) transom (flat section of the stern of a boat where the name is displayed)


estiré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of estirè


estofa

Borrowed from Old French estoffe, from estoffer (“to decorate”).


grada

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

a wide step, especially one large enough to sit on; bleacher


guarda

guard (a person who protects or watches over something)


glosa

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

(archaic) Alternative form of glossa (“gloss; commentary”)


estrelles

[əsˈtɾɛ.ʎəs]

[əsˈtɾə.ʎəs]


estrena

Inherited from Latin strēna. Compare Portuguese estreia.


honra

honor, in various senses:
honor (ethical principle; prestige)

(countable) honor (award or distinction given to someone)

honor, in various senses:
honor (satisfaction, reason for pride)

honor, in various senses:
honor, chastity (of a woman)


guisa

Borrowed from a Germanic language, from Proto-Germanic *wīsō, related to *wīsaz (“wise”). Cognate with English wise and German Weise.


excusa

Deverbal from excusar, from Latin excusāre (“to excuse”).


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.


signe

Borrowed from Latin signum. Doublet of the inherited seny (now obsolete in this sense) and senya (via the Latin plural signa).


quinzena

From quinze (“fifteen”) + -ena (“feminine ordinal suffix”).


anagrama

From Late Latin anagramma, from Ancient Greek ἀνά (aná, “up, back”) + γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).


pacte

Borrowed from Latin pactum. First attested in the 14th century.


parió

parió m (plural parions, feminine pariona)


pitó

Learned borrowing from Latin pȳthon, from Ancient Greek Πύθων (Púthōn).


pinte

card (heavy comb for industrial applications)


tany

Inherited from Latin tannum (“oak bark”), from Gaulish *tannos (“oak”).

inh+

(botany) sucker (sprout growing from the base of a tree)


pilota

From Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of pila. Compare French pelote, Spanish pelota.


mà

Inherited from Old Catalan man, from Latin manus, from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Occitan man, French main, Spanish mano.


dentista

ca-noun

dentista m or f by sense (plural dentistes)

From dent + -ista. First attested in 1803.


prospecte

Borrowed from Latin prospectus. First attested in 1839.


quitó

From Ancient Greek χιτών (khitṓn, “tunic”).


mató

From mata + -ó, from Latin matta (“rush mat”). Either from the sense of the cream forming a "mat" on top of the milk or from the sense of the curds clumping together.


marro

grounds, lees (residue from brewing or steeping)

—Uf, quin marro, tio! —Sí, jo estava realment amoïnat.

2020, Àngel Casas, Sidonie té més d'un amant, Univers Llibres, →ISBN:


maniobra

marge de maniobra


mesura

Inherited from Old Catalan mesura, from Latin mēnsūra.

No es van prendre mesures per evitar-ho.


orla

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

(nautical) bulwark; covering board, plank-sheer


registre

Borrowed from Medieval Latin registrum. First attested in the 13th century.


reforma

reform (the change of something that is defective, broken, inefficient or otherwise negative)


revenda

resale (the action of selling something previously bought)


revista

From revist, past participle of reveure.


testó

From testa (“head (especially of a sovereign)”) + -ó.

af

(historical) testone (an Italian coin of the 15th century worth one quarter of a scudo)


templa

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


timó

Inherited from Late Latin tīmōnem, alteration of Classical Latin tēmōnem.


tiró

Learned borrowing from Latin tīrō (“apprentice, novice”)


tiró

Of expressive origin. Perhaps influenced by tirar.

(in the plural) cry for calling domestic fowl, especially ducks


tarda

the period of time between noon and dusk, or alternatively between lunch and supper, roughly corresponding to afternoon and early evening


trama

Inherited from Old Catalan trama, from Latin trama.


trepó

Possibly from Latin torpōrem with late metathesis of /r/ and dissimilation of the first vowel.


trepa

Deverbal from trepar. First attested in 1205.

(historical) a form of trimming added to clothing consisting of a hole in the cloth with a different colour of material showing underneath


trepa

Possibly derived from Etymology 1 (per GDLC) or a variant of tropa (per DCVB), changed probably by analogy with trepalla.


unió

Borrowed from Late Latin uniōnem, from Latin uniōnem (“unite”).


tosa

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of tondre.

La tosa de les ovelles generava una gran quantitat de llana.

The shearing of the sheep generates a large quantity of wool.

the time of sheepshearing, a traditional occasion for celebration


cova

From Vulgar Latin *cova, itself an alteration of Late Latin cava (or of a Vulgar Latin *covum, *covus), from Latin cavus.


viró

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *variōnem, from varus (“pimple”).


covo

(Northern, Mallorca, Menorca) Alternative form of cove


historiador

ca-noun

historiador m (plural historiadors, feminine historiadora)

historiadors (plural)
historiadora (feminine)


brot

From Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐍄 (*brut), from or related to Proto-Germanic *spreutaną (“to come out, spring”).


vira

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *veria, from Latin verua (“railing around an altar or tomb”).

welt (strip that strengthens a seam, especially between the upper and the sole of a shoe)


aleta

(castells) Hand signal given by the enxaneta upon reaching the top of the castell, signifying its completion


planter

nursery (place where young plants are cultivated)


pista

pista bonus


terrorista

ca-noun

terrorista m or f by sense (plural terroristes)


prova

Deverbal from provar, possibly corresponding to Late Latin proba, from Latin probō.

proof, evidence (fact or observation presented in support of an assertion)

(law) evidence (anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial)


rol

Borrowed from French rôle. Doublet of rotlle.


motorista

motorista m or f by sense (plural motoristes)


parer

Inherited from Latin pārēre. Displaced as a verb by the doublet parèixer (“to seem”); compare Spanish parecer (“to seem; opinion”). Also compare Friulian parè, Italian parere, Romanian părere.

segons el meu parer

Encara que el Papa Pau III era del mateix parer, tot i això, l'emperador imposà el seu criteri.

2003, Ferran Grau Codina, La Universitat de València i l’humanisme: Studia humanitatis i renovació cultural a Europa i el nou món, Universidad de Valencia, →ISBN, page 431:

Although Pope Paul III was of the same view, the emperor nevertheless imposed his own opinion.

La prova, segons el seu parer, és que l'alcaldessa no ha tancat encara el compte de Twitter.

2021 April 14, Cristian Segura, “Ada Colau i Twitter: el risc d’unes xarxes socials massa personals”, in El País:

The evidence, in his opinion, is that the mayor hasn't shut her Twitter account.


assessor

assessor m (plural assessors, feminine assessora)


creta

Borrowed from Latin creta. Doublet of greda.

chalk (a soft, white, powdery limestone)


cripta

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


antre

(figurative) hole, dive (disreputable establishment)


cresta

comb, crest (a fleshy growth on the top of the head of some birds and reptiles)


ascendent

ascendent m or f by sense (plural ascendents)


ecologista

ecologista m or f by sense (plural ecologistes)


cerra

Inherited from Latin cirra, collective form of cirrus.


xal

Borrowed from French châle, from Persian شال.


moda

Borrowed from French mode. Doublet of mode.


caqui

khaki (a strong cloth of wool or cotton)


caqui

Borrowed from Japanese 柿 (kaki) or from the linnean name (Diospyros) kaki, from the same origin.


paleontologia

From paleo- + ontologia, on the model of French paléontologie, ultimately from Ancient Greek roots.


centúria

(historical) a Roman unit of measure equivalent to 100 jugers


anarquia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναρχία (anarkhía), from ἀν- (an-, “not”), + ἀρχός (arkhós, “ruler, authority”).

bor+

(government) anarchy (without a formal government)

(by extension) anarchy (a state of chaos or disorder)


trufa

Borrowed from Old Occitan trufa. Doublet of tòfona.


romancer

the body of poetic romances from the early modern period of Iberian literature


romancer

ca-noun

romancer m (plural romancers, feminine romancera)


demagog

demagog m (plural demagogs, feminine demagoga)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δημαγωγός (dēmagōgós, “popular leader”).


paradigma

[pə.ɾəˈðiɡ.mə]

Borrowed from Late Latin paradīgma, from Ancient Greek παράδειγμα (parádeigma).


grum

Inherited from Latin grūmus (“small heap”).

inh+

beeswax bleached white from exposure to sunlight


galiot

Calli la fumuda boca, deia en Batís, remant al meu costat com un galiot.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 8, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


gavial

Borrowed from French gavial, from Hindi घड़ियाल (ghaṛiyāl, “alligator, crocodile”).

der

Gavialis gangeticus
Wikispecies:Gavialis gangeticus


PIB

producte interior brut
producte interior brut#Catalan

producte intern brut
producte intern brut#Catalan

(economics) Acronym of producte interior brut or producte intern brut (“GDP (gross domestic product)”).


cronista

ca-noun

cronista m or f by sense (plural cronistes)


camisa

Inherited from Late Latin camisia (compare Occitan camisa or chamisa, French chemise, Spanish camisa), from Proto-West Germanic *hamiþi.

(castells, informal) a casteller who has been formally accepted as a member of a colla


gener

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ienuārius, from Latin Iānuārius. Compare Occitan genièr, French janvier, Spanish enero.


luci

Learned borrowing from Latin lūcius. Doublet of lluç.


crosta

Inherited from Latin crusta (“bark, crust, shell”) (compare Occitan crosta, French croûte, Spanish costra), from Proto-Indo-European *krustós (“hardened”), from *krews- (“to form a crust, begin to freeze”). The /ɔ/ is unexpected and perhaps due to influence from other words with similar meanings.

inh+

crust (any hard surface layer; surface layer of most breads and pastries)

(geology) crust (outermost solid layer of a planet)

scab (crust over a wound made from clotted blood)


paladar

→ Sardinian: paladare (or from Spanish)

→ Sicilian: palataru (or from Spanish)

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


tron

From Latin thronus, from Ancient Greek θρόνος (thrónos).


mola

millstone, a circular stone of the two that make up the ordinary mill, one is mobile and is rolled over the other, which is fixed

passar per la mola

to overcome, to subdue somebody (an idiom, literally to pass it under the grindstone)

grindstone, an instrument consisting of a piece of an abrasive material that is rotated around its axis and is used for sharpening, polishing, deburring, rectifying, profiling, etc. miscellaneous tools or parts

the amount of water needed to move a millstone


mola

mass (something large or of great volume)

(geography) an isolated hill of massive form, rounded and flat on top, with very steep upper flanks

(fishing) a lot of fish that go together

a rope that has been coiled to form a spiral

sunfish, a fish of the species Mola mola


presa

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of prendre (“to take”).

something taken, e.g.:
dose (of medicine)

something taken, e.g.:
recording (of audio or video)

(law, war, nautical) prize of war (neutral or enemy ship carrying weapons, seized during wartime)

(law, war) property seized under the right of angary

device or cable used to make an electrical connection


presa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


calze

Inherited from Latin calix, calicem, from Ancient Greek κύλιξ (kúlix).


descendent

ca-noun

descendent m or f by sense (plural descendents)

Learned borrowing from Latin dēscendentem.

lbor

descendant (one who is the progeny of a specified person)


mostarda

Probably borrowed from Occitan mostarda; compare French moutarde.


rada

Borrowed from French rade (“harbour”), from Middle English rade, from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”) and thus cognate of English road and raid.

der

a bay in which ships can moor; a harbour


sarja

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


missal

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin missālis.


ai-ai

From French aye-aye, from Malagasy aiay.


tou

soft or fleshy part (of anything; e.g. the tip of one's finger, the calf of one's leg)

pile, heap (of something soft, e.g. straw)


flox

From the genus name, from Ancient Greek φλόξ (phlóx, “flame”).


atleta

Borrowed from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).


dinastia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δυναστεία (dunasteía, “lordship, dominion”).


autonomia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek αὐτονομία (autonomía). By surface analysis, auto- + -nomia.

range (distance a vehicle (car, byke, lorry, aircraft) can travel without refueling)


calendari

Borrowed from Latin calendārium (“system for dividing the year”).

calendar (a system for dividing the year into months and days)

calendar (a means for determining the date)

calendar (a list of planned events for a given year)

agenda

a list of planned events, organized by time

forecast (a prediction of future events based on current knowledge)


poesia

Categoria:Poesia on the Catalan Wikisource


Pasqua

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pascua, from Late Latin pascha (influenced by pascua 'pastures, grazing', perhaps because of the bitter herbs of the Passover seder or the end of fasting for Lent at Easter), from Ancient Greek πάσχα (páskha), ultimately from Hebrew פֶּסַח (pésakh, “Passover”).


estri

From Old Occitan estre, or perhaps a shortening of archaic estrument (instrument).

estris de pescar


caganer

ca-noun

caganer m (plural caganers, feminine caganera)

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


analogia

Learned borrowing from Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογία (analogía).


època

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐποχή (epokhḗ).


dofí

From Latin delphīnus, from Ancient Greek δελφίν (delphín).


hereu

ca-noun

hereu m (plural hereus, feminine hereva)


sorella

any of various marine fishes of the genus Caranx, especially false shad or yellow horse mackerel (Caranx honchos)


comestible

Borrowed from Late Latin comestibilis, from Latin comedō (“to eat”).


persa

From persà, from Latin Persa, Persēs, from Ancient Greek Περσίς (Persís), from Old Persian 𐎱𐎠𐎼𐎿 (p-a-r-s /Pārsa/, “Persia”).

der

Persian (an inhabitant of Persia or a member of the Persian people)


persa

Persian (an Indo-Aryan language used primarily in Iran, Afghanistan, and Tajikistan)


polonesa

feminine of polonès (Valencian: polonés)


polonesa

From Etymology 1, due to being associated with Poland.

polonaise (a dance and the music appropriate for it)

a petite article of ladies’ outerwear with a tight waist and decorated with fur

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


entusiasta

ca-noun

entusiasta m or f by sense (plural entusiastes)


passant

passant m or f by sense (plural passants)

an assistant to a lawyer or notary; law clerk


polonés

polonés m (plural polonesos, feminine polonesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of polonès