irlandés

irlandés m (plural irlandesos, feminine irlandesa)

irlandesos (plural)
irlandesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of irlandès


maltés

ca-noun

maltés m (plural maltesos, feminine maltesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of maltès


finlandesa

feminine of finlandès (Valencian: finlandés)


andorrana

female equivalent of andorrà (“person from Andorra”)


portugués

portugués m (plural portuguesos, feminine portuguesa)

portuguesos (plural)
portuguesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of portuguès


quaranta

Inherited from Old Catalan quaranta, from Late Latin quarranta, from Latin quadrāgintā (“forty”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷetwr̥(d)ḱomt (“four-ten”). Compare Occitan quaranta, French quarante, and Spanish cuarenta.


irlandesa

feminine of irlandès (Valencian: irlandés)


turc

Borrowed from Arabic تُرْكِيّ (turkiyy); compare English Turk (which derives from Turkish).

Turk (an inhabitant of Turkey or an ethnic Turk)


turc

Turkish (a Turkic language of Turkey and Cyprus)


filosofia

Borrowed from Latin philosophia, from Ancient Greek φιλοσοφία (philosophía), from φίλος (phílos, “beloved”) + σοφία (sophía, “wisdom”).


categoria

Borrowed from Late Latin catēgoria, from Ancient Greek κατηγορία (katēgoría).


verdura

From verd + -ura or Vulgar Latin *virdūra.


intersexual

intersexual m or f by sense (plural intersexuals)


asma

Borrowed from Latin āsthma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborous breathing”).


assemblea

assembly (congregation meeting for a purpose)


meridional

ca-noun

meridional m or f by sense (plural meridionals)


artista

artista m or f by sense (plural artistes)


genocida

genocida m or f by sense (plural genocides)

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + -cida, or geno- + -cida.

suffix

genocider, genocidaire (one who commits genocide)


advocat

ca-noun

advocat m (plural advocats, feminine advocada)


auguri

Borrowed from Latin augurium. First attested in c. 1500.


cavall

Inherited from Late Latin caballus (“horse”), from Latin caballus (“pack horse”), of Gaulish origin.


autista

ca-noun

autista m or f by sense (plural autistes)


encantador

encantador m (plural encantadors, feminine encantadora)

encantadors (plural)
encantadora (feminine)


anatomia

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


miler

Encara més: els òrgans dels sentits estan formats per milers de cèl·lules receptores que envien cadascuna el seu propi missatge al cervell.

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:

On top of that, our sensory organs are made up of thousands of receptor cells that each send their own message to the brain.


ensalada

From Northern Italian salada, salata (compare insalata), from Vulgar Latin *salāta, from *salāre, from sal (“salt”).


mercer

mercer m (plural mercers, feminine mercera)

Either from Vulgar Latin *merciārius or from Old Catalan merç (“commodity”), both ultimately from Latin merx (“merchandise, goods”).


fonda

Inherited from Old Catalan fonda, from Old French fonde, from Arabic فُنْدُق (funduq, “hotel, inn”), from Ancient Greek πάνδοκος (pándokos, “innkeeper”). Compare Spanish fonda.


pentatleta

ca-noun

pentatleta m or f by sense (plural pentatletes)


defensor

defensor m (plural defensors, feminine defensora)


pessimista

pessimista m or f by sense (plural pessimistes)


capibara

Borrowed from Portuguese capivara, from Old Tupi kapibara.

Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris
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papagai

Ultimately from Arabic بَبْغَاء (babḡāʔ, “parrot”), of imitative origin.


apatia

Borrowed from Latin apathīa, from Ancient Greek ἀπάθεια (apátheia).


disturbi

Spanish disturbio, from Italian disturbo, deverbal of disturbare.

(usually in the plural) public disturbance, riot


savi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sapium (“wise”), from Latin sapidus (“delicious, wise”). Despite the spelling, no dialect shows a pronunciation with /v/. The expected spelling with ⟨b⟩ is attested in Old Catalan.


ferroviari

ca-noun

ferroviari m (plural ferroviaris, feminine ferroviària)

ferroviaris (plural)
ferroviària (feminine)


rampa

Borrowed from Spanish rampa or French rampe.


rampa

From Germanic, from Frankish *krampa or Gothic 𐌺𐍂𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌰 (krampa), both from Proto-Germanic *krampō.


canela

Inherited from Latin candela. Doublet of the later borrowed form candela.

(archaic or Valencia) Alternative form of candela


ontologia

Internationalism, ultimately from New Latin ontologia, from Ancient Greek ὄντος (óntos) + λόγος (lógos). By surface analysis, onto- + -logia.


hindú

(dated) native or inhabitant of Hindustan


babirussa

Borrowed from French babiroussa, from Malay babi rusa (“babiroussa, deer hog”).


sanglot

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *singluttus, a blend of gluttīre (“to swallow”) + Latin singultus (“a hiccup”). Compare French sanglot, Italian singhiozzo.


propietari

ca-noun

propietari m (plural propietaris, feminine propietària)

propietaris (plural)
propietària (feminine)


bassa

Of pre-Roman origin. Compare Spanish balsa.

bassa del molí


serbi

serbi m (plural serbis, feminine sèrbia)

Serbian (native or inhabitant of Serbia) (male or of unspecified gender)


serbi

Serbian (a Slavic language of the Balkans)


tors

From Italian torso. Possibly a doublet of tros.


casal

Inherited from Late Latin casāle (“country house, farm”), ultimately from Latin casa. Compare Portuguese casal, Spanish casal, Italian casale.

inh+

the seat of an association, generally open to the public, of a cultural, political, recreational, etc. nature

Per tant, sembla clar que la llengua aragonesa (o la castellana) no era pas desconeguda entre els reis del casal d'Aragó

2016 April 13, Òscar Adamuz, “Sobre el català i l'ús de les llengües a la Corona d'Aragó; una Franja d'història”, in La Veu del País Valencià:

So it seems clear that the Aragonese language (or the Castilian) was not unknown to the kings of the House of Aragon

a noble house, such as the royal house of Austria or Aragon


comunista

ca-noun

comunista m or f by sense (plural comunistes)


marxista

marxista m or f by sense (plural marxistes)


jardiner

jardiner m (plural jardiners, feminine jardinera)


infraestructura

infraestructura f (plural infraestructures)


vinagre

Formed from vi(n) (“wine”) + agre (“sour”), or from Latin vīnum ācre. Compare Occitan vinagre, French vinaigre.


neerlandés

neerlandés m (plural neerlandesos, feminine neerlandesa)

neerlandesos (plural)
neerlandesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of neerlandès


rossa

From Old Occitan rossa, from Vulgar Latin *rossa.

a horse, ass, or mule that is skinny, old, and useless; a nag, a hack


rossa

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

female equivalent of ros (“blond person”)


asbest

Borrowed from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος (ásbestos).


plutoni

Borrowed from New Latin plūtōnium; compare Plutó.


pressa

no corre pressa


conquistador

ca-noun

conquistador m (plural conquistadors, feminine conquistadora)

conquistadors (plural)
conquistadora (feminine)

conquistador de dones


prisma

Borrowed from Latin prisma, from Ancient Greek πρίσμα (prísma).

(geometry) prism (a polyhedron with parallel ends of the same size and shape)

prism (a transparent block used to split or reflect light)


tauró

Borrowed from Portuguese tubarão, see that entry for more.


fam

Inherited from Latin famēs (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰH- (“to disappear”). Compare Occitan fam or Occitan hami.


pua

Uncertain. Cognate to Spanish púa, Galician puga.


formiga

Inherited from Latin formīca (compare Occitan formiga, French fourmi, Spanish hormiga), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *morwi-.


agressor

ca-noun

agressor m (plural agressors, feminine agressora)


concurs

Ahir van fer el concurs de la tele.

1994, Isabel-Clara Simó, Raquel, 22nd edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 54:


aborigen

aborigen m or f by sense (plural aborígens)


bruc

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin brūcus.


teologia

Borrowed from Latin theologia, from Ancient Greek θεολογία (theología). Equivalent to teo- + -logia.


baia

Borrowed from French baie, from Latin bāca.


vampir

ca-noun

vampir m (plural vampirs, feminine vampira)

Borrowed from French vampire. First attested in 1864.


beina

Inherited from Latin vāgīna. Doublet of vagina. Compare Spanish vaina.


bíblia

Borrowed from Latin biblia, from Ancient Greek βιβλία (biblía), plural of βιβλίον (biblíon, “book”).


pols

Inherited from Old Catalan pols, from Vulgar Latin *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (reassigned to the neuter gender), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“dust; flour”). Doublet of pólvera, from the Vulgar Latin plural *pulvera.


roig

ca-noun

roig m (plural roigs or rojos, feminine roja)

roigs (plural)
rojos (plural)
roja (feminine)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ruiu, from Latin rubeus, derivative of ruber. Compare Occitan roge, French rouge, Franco-Provençal rojo.


avellana

[ə.βəˈʎa.nə]

Inherited from Latin abellana, from Avella, a city in Italy.


esquerda

Borrowed from Frankish *skarda (“notch, nick”). Cognate with English shard, French écharde.

crack (thin jagged space in a solid object)


tripa

(usually in the plural) innards, guts, bowls


holanda

an aguardiente with an ABV between 51.8% and 53.4%


escocesa

feminine of escocès (Valencian: escocés)


danés

danés m (plural danesos, feminine danesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of danès


neerlandesa

Dutchwoman; feminine of neerlandès (Valencian: neerlandés)


holandés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of holandès


islandés

islandés m (plural islandesos, feminine islandesa)

islandesos (plural)
islandesa (feminine)


islandesa

feminine of islandès (Valencian: islandés)


escocés

escocés m (plural escocesos, feminine escocesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of escocès


albanesa

feminine of albanès (Valencian: albanés)


ironia

Borrowed from Latin ironia, from Ancient Greek εἰρωνεία (eirōneía).


lexema

From lèx- + -ema, a derivation from lèxic on the model of fonema.

(linguistics) lexeme (unit of meaning or vocabulary)


ics

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


idealista

idealista m or f by sense (plural idealistes)


rou

Back-formation from rouada, variant form of rosada.


rosella

From rosa + -ella, literally “small rose”.


laringe

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

der

λάρυγξ, λάρυγγος


bufet

Onomatopoeic, from buff- + -et (diminutive).

(archaic or dialectal) slap on the cheek


cotorra

any of various species of small parrots or parakeets


diadema

Borrowed from Latin diadēma, from Ancient Greek διάδημα (diádēma), from διαδέω (diadéō, “to bind around”).


fregata

From the genus name. Doublet of fragata.

frigatebird (any of various birds in the genus Fregata)


cisma

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin schisma, from Ancient Greek σχίσμα (skhísma, “division”), from σχίζω (skhízō, “to split”).


impressionista

ca-noun

impressionista m or f by sense (plural impressionistes)


ceramista

ceramista m or f by sense (plural ceramistes)


dieta

Borrowed from Latin diaeta, from Ancient Greek δίαιτα (díaita, “way of life”).

der

diet (the food and beverage a person or animal consumes)

diet (a controlled regimen of food and drink)


meuca

Of echoic origin, from the cry of the barn owl.

(derogatory, vulgar) prostitute, whore, slut


fill de puta

(derogatory, vulgar) son of a bitch, bastard


bagassa

From Gallo-Roman *bacassa ("servant"), of obscure origin. Compare Occitan bagassa, Spanish bagasa, Portuguese bagaxa, French baiasse, and Italian bagascia.


sentinella

ca-noun

sentinella m or f by sense (plural sentinelles)


mangosta

Borrowed from Spanish mangosta, from French mangouste, from Portuguese mangusto, from Marathi मुंगूस (muṅgūs).


calc

tracing (the reproduction of an image made by copying it through translucent paper)

(linguistics) calque (a word or phrase in a language formed by word-for-word or morpheme-by-morpheme translation of a word in another language)


altruista

altruista m or f by sense (plural altruistes)


brom

Borrowed from Ancient Greek βρῶμος (brômos, “stink”).


egoista

ca-noun

egoista m or f by sense (plural egoistes)


fase

From Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis, “appearance”).

der

phase (part of a sequence or cycle); stage, period


territori

territory (area which an animal defends)


nervi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin nervium, from Latin nervus.


catedral

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


siti

Ultimately from Latin situs, perfect passive participle of sinō (“put, lay, set down”). The final -i is probably due to influence from the verb sitiar.


testimoni

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

testimony (statements made by a witness in court)


accessori

accessory (something additional and subordinate)


criteri

Borrowed from Latin criterion, from Ancient Greek κριτήριον (kritḗrion).


ciclista

ca-noun

ciclista m or f by sense (plural ciclistes)


emblema

Borrowed from Latin emblēma, from Ancient Greek ἔμβλημα (émblēma, “insertion”).

der

emblem (something that represents a larger whole)


macrofotografia

ca-noun

macrofotografia f (plural macrofotografies)


estaca

Probably from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌺𐌰 (*staka), from Proto-Germanic *stakô (“stake”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teg-.

cutting, slip (rooted section of a plant)


sanitari

sanitari m (plural sanitaris, feminine sanitària)


magistrat

magistrat m or f by sense (plural magistrats)


compresa

From Latin compressa, feminine form of compressus (“compressed”).

compress (cloth used to dress or apply pressure to wounds)


safir

Borrowed from Latin sapphīrus, from Ancient Greek σάπφειρος (sáppheiros).


extern

extern m (plural externs, feminine externa)


citologia

From cito- + -logia, from Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, “container, receptacle”) and -λογία (-logía).


mitologia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek μυθολογία (muthología).


anarquista

ca-noun

anarquista m or f by sense (plural anarquistes)


minimalista

minimalista m or f by sense (plural minimalistes)


benefici

benefit (performance, match, etc. staged to raise funds)


nau

→ Portuguese: nau
→ English: nau

→ Spanish: nao

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

la nau lateral de la basílica

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


imperi

Inherited from Old Catalan emperi, from Latin imperium.


erra

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


promesa

Inherited from Latin prōmissa, plural of prōmissum (“promise”) (reinterpreted as a feminine singular), perfect passive participle of promittere (“promise, send forth”).


enfant terrible

enfant terrible m (plural enfants terribles)

Unadapted borrowing from French enfant terrible (“terrible child”).


súper

Borrowed from Latin super; cf. also English super. Doublet of the inherited sobre.

(automotive) super, superpremium (grade of gasoline)


auspici

Borrowed from Latin auspicium. First attested in 1696.


cinabri

From Latin cinnabaris. First attested in 1839.


diari

Coordinate term: setmanari


fenomen

Borrowed from Latin phaenomenon (“appearance”), from Ancient Greek φαινόμενον (phainómenon, “thing appearing to view”).


geni

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

(mythology, religion) spirit (supernatural being)

genius (someone with extraordinary intelligence)

nature, character, temper (especially when bad)


avi

Inherited from Late Latin avius, masculinized from Latin avia (“grandmother”).


gastronomia

Borrowed from French gastronomie. By surface analysis, gastro- + -nomia.


colet

From col + -et, where col is an archaic and dialectal form of quall (“rennet”).

cowherb (used as a coagulant in cheesemaking)


candidat

ca-noun

candidat m (plural candidats, feminine candidata)


calda

(Balearic, Valencia, colloquial) beating


bous

plural of bou (“ox; steer; edible crab”)


valquíria

(Norse mythology) valkyrie (any of the female attendants of Odin)


tros

Uncertain. Possibly from Latin thyrsus, from Ancient Greek θύρσος (thúrsos). Alternatively from *trauce, from Latin trādux. Compare Spanish trozo. Possibly a doublet of tors.


cardiologia

cardiology (the study of the structure, function, and disorders of the heart)


casuari

Borrowed from New Latin Casuārius, from Malay kasuari.


diluvi

Borrowed from Latin dīluvium. First attested in 1272.


endocrinologia

endocrinologia f (plural endocrinologies)


crani

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


corsari

ca-noun

corsari m (plural corsaris, feminine corsària)

Borrowed from Latin cursārius (“pirate”), possibly via French corsaire.


rosari

Borrowed from Latin rosārium. Doublet of roser.

(Catholicism) rosary (a series of prayers to the Virgin Mary)

rosary (a string of beads for praying the rosary), prayer beads


contagi

Borrowed from Latin contāgium. First attested in 1803.

contagion (the spread or transmission of such a disease)


custodi

ca-noun

custodi m (plural custodis, feminine custòdia)


bibliotecari

bibliotecari m (plural bibliotecaris, feminine bibliotecària)

bibliotecaris (plural)
bibliotecària (feminine)


vilipendi

Borrowed from Latin vilipendium, from vilipendo, from vilis (“vile, base”) + pendō (“to hang, to pay”).

compound

La vida o el curs de la llengua catalana, de la qual acabem d'historiar breument els períodes de grandesa i els de vilipendi, és un cas exemplar de la vitalitat indestructible d'aquesta arrel pregona de la nostra personalitat individual i col·lectiva que és l'idioma.

1957, Rosalia Guilleumas i Brosa, La llengua catalana segons Antoni Rubió i Lluc, page 176:

The life or the course of the Catalan language, of whose periods of grandeur and vilification we have just briefly told the history, is an exemplary case of the indestructible vitality of this profound root of our individual and collective personality that is language.


misteri

Borrowed from Latin mysterium, from Ancient Greek μυστήριον (mustḗrion, “a mystery, a secret, a secret rite”).


veterinari

ca-noun

veterinari m (plural veterinaris, feminine veterinària)

veterinaris (plural)
veterinària (feminine)


contrari

contrari m or f by sense (plural contraris)


gangli

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


dentifrici

Borrowed from Latin dentifricium, from dēns (“tooth”) + fricō (“to rub”).


infortuni

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfortunium.


intermediari

ca-noun

intermediari m (plural intermediaris, feminine intermediària)

intermediaris (plural)
intermediària (feminine)


itinerari

Learned borrowing from Late Latin itinerārium.


destinatari

ca-noun

destinatari m (plural destinataris, feminine destinatària)

destinataris (plural)
destinatària (feminine)


incendiari

incendiari m (plural incendiaris, feminine incendiària)

incendiaris (plural)
incendiària (feminine)


macedoni

macedoni m (plural macedonis, feminine macedònia)

Macedonian (an individual from Macedonian)


macedoni

Macedonian (a South Slavic language primarily spoken in Macedonia)


armeni

armeni m (plural armenis, feminine armènia)


beneficiari

beneficiari m (plural beneficiaris, feminine beneficiària)

beneficiaris (plural)
beneficiària (feminine)


meninge

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


nomenclatura

Borrowed from Latin nōmenclātūra (“a calling by name, list of names”).


dietista

ca-noun

dietista m or f by sense (plural dietistes)


galera

From Latin galea, from Byzantine Greek γάλεα (gálea), from γαλέη (galéē, “type of shellfish”), from Ancient Greek γαλεός (galeós, “shark”).


consumista

consumista m or f by sense (plural consumistes)


alosa

Inherited from Latin alauda, from Gaulish *alawda (“tuft; skylark”).


cooperativa

cooperative (company owned partially or wholly by its employees)


calabre

Borrowed from Portuguese calabre, from Old Galician-Portuguese caabre, from Old French caable.


gossa

feminine singular of gos: female dog, bitch


intermedi

interval, intermission (a break between two performances)


morta

(nautical) female corpse, female cadaver


través

→ Spanish: través


rotonda

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


efa

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


guaita

From Old Occitan guaita, from Old High German wahta, from Proto-West Germanic *wahtu.


ventosa

Borrowed from Medieval Latin (cucurbita) ventōsa.


episodi

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


galleta

Borrowed from French galette, compare Spanish galleta.


tercera

Inherited from Latin tertiarius (“third”).


monopoli

Borrowed from Latin monopolĭum, equivalent of mono- + -poli.


elegia

Borrowed from Latin elegīa, from Ancient Greek ἐλεγεία (elegeía).


roca

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rocca, of uncertain origin.


margarina

Borrowed from French margarine (“margarine”), from Ancient Greek μαργαρίτης (margarítēs, “pearl”).


tona

Inherited from Late Latin tunna. Doublet of tonya. Cognate with Portuguese, Galician, and Spanish tonel.

tun (cask with a capacity of more than 500 liters)


genealogia

Borrowed from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”).


poetessa

ca-noun

poetessa f (plural poetesses, masculine poeta)

From poeta (“poet”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


canalla

Mentrestant la canalla, i n'hi havia un mosquer, venien a admirar de la vora els nostres galons, les nostres guerreres flamants.

Meanwhile the children--and there was a swarm of them--came close up to admire our stripes, our brand-new military jackets.

assaig de canalla

special practice for the children of a colla

(castells) the child members of a colla, as a group


opi

Borrowed from Latin opium, from Ancient Greek ὄπιον (ópion).


solana

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


molta

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of moldre.


pellot

(Empordà) boy between 10 and 15 years old


blada

Inherited from Latin platanus. Doublet of plàtan, a learned borrowing.


sidra

Borrowed from Spanish sidra, from Old French sidre, from Latin sīcera, from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́kera) from Late Latin sīcera, a borrowing from Ancient Greek σῑ́κερᾰ (sī́kera), from Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār).

der

Hebrew שֵׁכָר (šēḵār)


escena

Borrowed from Latin scēna, from Ancient Greek σκηνή (skēnḗ, “scene, stage”).


sotana

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

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


rellotge

→ Spanish: reloj

[rəˈʎɔ.d͡ʒə]

Inherited from Old Catalan relotge (1362), from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).


clau

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

key (object designed to open and close a lock)


clau

Inherited from Latin clāvus (compare Occitan clau, Spanish clavo, French clou).

nail (a spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials)


berma

Borrowed from French berme, from Dutch berm.


conformista

ca-noun

conformista m or f by sense (plural conformistes)


semifinalista

semifinalista m or f by sense (plural semifinalistes)


finalista

finalista m or f by sense (plural finalistes)


clos

Inherited from Latin clausus. Compare Occitan claus, French clos, and Italian chiuso.


ribella

From ribell + -a, from earlier llibrell.


genocidi

From Ancient Greek γένος (génos, “race, kind”) + -cidi, or geno- + -cidi.


criatura

creature (living being, especially an animal)


finés

ca-noun

finés m (plural finesos, feminine finesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of finès


temporada

Semi-learned form based on Latin temporem.


crin

hair (from the mane or tail of certain animals, especially horses); horsehair


popes

plural of popa (“pope (Russian Orthodox priest)”)


savina

Juniperus phoenicea
Juniperus phoenicea#Translingual

a scale leaf juniper, especially the Phoenicean juniper (Juniperus phoenicea)


derrotista

derrotista m or f by sense (plural derrotistes)


parlamentari

parlamentari m (plural parlamentaris, feminine parlamentària)

parlamentaris (plural)
parlamentària (feminine)

parliamentarian (member of a parliament)


vrt

(Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of veritat.


noli

→ Occitan: noli, nolit

desc

→ Middle French: nolit, noly, nolis, naulis

French: nolis

Inherited from Old Catalan noli, nolit, from Vulgar Latin *naulium, from Latin naulum, from Ancient Greek ναῦλον (naûlon).


recinte

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


medalla

Borrowed from Italian medaglia, from Early Medieval Latin medālia. Doublet of malla, the native Catalan counterpart.


musa

Borrowed from Latin mūsa, from Ancient Greek Μοῦσα (Moûsa, “Muse”).


parlant

ca-noun

parlant m or f by sense (plural parlants)


madrastra

Inherited from Late Latin mātrastra (“stepmother”), from Latin māter (“mother”).


pernil

Borrowed from Aragonese pernil, from perna + -il.


nanotecnologia

ca-noun

nanotecnologia f (plural nanotecnologies)


rasca

Algú s'havia acostat a la finestra per veure què passava, darrere un parell de finestrons s'hi veia llum, i algun valent s'havia atrevit a badar dos dits la portella, malgrat la rasca i l'aigua que queia.

2010, Margarida Aritzeta, La maleta sarda:

Someone had drawn near the window to see what was happening, behind a couple of shutters one saw light, and some brave soul had dared to open the wicket a couple of fingers despite the freezing cold and the water that fell.


amalgama

Borrowed from Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Ancient Greek μάλαγμα (málagma, “emollient”), from μαλάσσω (malássō, “to soften”), from μαλακός (malakós, “soft”).

der

(metallurgy) amalgam (an alloy containing mercury)

amalgam (a combination of different things)


manto

Borrowed from Spanish or Italian manto, both from Latin mantum.


senador

ca-noun

senador m (plural senadors, feminine senadora)


ànima

Borrowed from Latin anima. Supplanted the inherited Old Catalan arma due to its similarity to the unrelated arma (“weapon”).

(engineering) web (strip of material between flanges)


fenc

Inherited from Old Catalan fe, from Latin fēnum, monophthongized variant of faenum, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-no-, from *dʰeh₁(y)-. The modern form fenc, which appears to have been taken from a northeastern dialect, has the advantage of distinguishing the word from fe (“faith”). Compare Occitan fen, French foin, Spanish heno.


espatlla

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


colze

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

cubit, an informal unit of length based on the distance of a forearm and hand

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


perfeccionista

perfeccionista m or f by sense (plural perfeccionistes)


brou

Compare Italian brodo, Spanish brodio, Portuguese bródio, French brouet, and Old French breu.


trampa

Borrowed from Middle High German trampen (“to walk heavily”), or from Medieval Latin trappa, from Proto-Germanic *trap-, from Proto-Indo-European *dremb- (“to run”); or possibly ultimately onomatopoeic.

onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic


cotxe

Borrowed from Hungarian kocsi, named after the village of Kocs.


automòbil

Borrowed from French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + Latin mōbilis (“movable”).


llit

Inherited from Old Catalan lit, from Latin lectus. Compare Occitan lèit~lièch, French lit, and Spanish lecho.


caramell

By dissimilation from Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”). Doublet of caramel, a borrowing via Portuguese.


ostra

Borrowed from Portuguese ostra, from Latin ostrea.


canell

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


garfi

Inherited from Old Catalan grafi, from Latin graphium (“stylus”). Influenced by garfir (“to seize with claws”).


llei

Inherited from Old Catalan ley, from Latin lēgem, from Proto-Italic *lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-s, from *leǵ- (“to gather”).


ploma

(engineering) jib (moveable arm of a crane)

(historical) Measure of water flow ranging anywhere from 2200 to 14,000 liters/day depending on the time and place


entrenador

ca-noun

entrenador m (plural entrenadors, feminine entrenadora)

entrenadors (plural)
entrenadora (feminine)


teulada

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


guix

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

gypsum (a mineral consisting of hydrated calcium sulphate)

plaster (a mixture of lime or gypsum, sand, and water, sometimes with the addition of fibres, that hardens to a smooth solid and is used for coating walls and ceilings)

(medicine) cast (a supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones)

chalk (a piece of chalk used for drawing and writing on a blackboard)


fulla

Inherited from Late Latin folia, from the plural of Latin folium, probably from Proto-Indo-European *bʰolh₃yom (“leaf”), from *bʰleh₃- (“blossom, flower”). Compare Occitan fuèlha (Old Occitan folha), French feuille, Spanish hoja.

hiperboloide d'una fulla


núvol

Inherited from Old Catalan nuvol, from Latin nūbilum (“cloud”), substantivization of Latin nūbilus (“cloudy”), an adjective based on Latin nūbēs (“cloud”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)newdʰ- (“to cover”). Compare Occitan nívol, Spanish nublo.


camarada

ca-noun

camarada m or f by sense (plural camarades)

Borrowed from Spanish camarada. Doublet of cambrada.

comrade (fellow communist, socialist, or Islamist)


comité

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of comitè


llança

Inherited from Old Catalan lança, from Latin lancea.


mugró

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


taula

→ English: taula

Inherited from Latin tabula (“tablet; board, plank”).


panxa

panxa enlaire

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


cabell

Inherited from Latin capillus. Compare Occitan cabel.


pèl

Inherited from Latin pilus, from Proto-Indo-European *pil-.

Li falta un pèl de sal, a la truita.


fuet

→ English: fuet

→ Spanish: fuet

whip (instrument used to make a sharp sound)


clorosi

Borrowed from New Latin chlorosis. By surface analysis, cloro- + -osi.

(pathology) chlorosis (yellow-green colouration of the skin)

(botany, phytopathology) chlorosis (yellowing of plant tissue)


polze

Inherited from Latin pollicem. Compare Occitan poce, French pouce.


romer

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *rōmārius, a noun based on rōs (“dew”) + maris (“of the sea”), equivalent of Latin rōsmarīnus. Compare Spanish romero.

A l'atmosfera suraven fils d'humitat que es barrejaven amb els perfums silvestres de l'espígol i el romer.

1997, Andreu Carranza Font, Llibre de les set xibeques: La riuada, page 39:

In the atmosphere floated threads of moisture that mixed with the wild perfumes of lavender and rosemary.

Salvia rosmarinus
Salvia rosmarinus#Translingual

Rosmarinus officinalis
Rosmarinus officinalis#Translingual

(dialect) rosemary (Salvia rosmarinus, syn. Rosmarinus officinalis)


forat

Inherited from Latin forātum, perfect passive participle of forō (“perforate”). Compare Occitan forat or horat, Spanish horado, Galician burato /furado/furaco, Portuguese buraco, Asturian furacu.


raïm

Inherited from Old Catalan raïm~razim, from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus (“bunch, especially of grapes”).

inh

a bunch or cluster of fruit of a common infructescence, especially of grapes


rodi

Learned borrowing from Latin Rhodius, from Ancient Greek Ῥόδιος (Rhódios).

Rhodian (native or inhabitant of Rhodes)


renda

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin rendita, from the past participle of Late Latin rendō (“to give back, yield”).

der

(economics) income (money one earns by working)

rent (payment made by a tenant at intervals in order to occupy a property)


poma

Inherited from Old Catalan poma, from Latin pōma, plural of pōmum (“fruit”) (reinterpreted as a feminine singular).


mirall

Inherited from Old Catalan mirall~mirayl, from Vulgar Latin *mīrāclum (“mirror”), derived from Latin mīrārī (“look at”). By surface analysis, mirar + -all. Compare Occitan miralh, Old French mirail. Morphological doublet of miracle, a borrowing from Latin.


espill

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *speclum (compare Occitan espelh, Spanish espejo), from syncopation of Latin speculum. Compare the borrowed doublet espècul.

(Valencia) (North eastern Catalan) mirror

(nautical) transom (vertical reinforcement of the stern of a boat)


llavor

Inherited from Vulgar Latin labōrem (“agricultural work”), from Latin labor (“work”).


brau

Probably from Vulgar Latin *bravus. Compare Italian bravo.


ocell

Inherited from Old Catalan aucell, oceyl, from Late Latin aucellus m (“little bird”), a diminutive ultimately based on Latin avis f (“bird”), from Proto-Italic *awis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂éwis. Cognate with Occitan aucèl, French oiseau.


necrosi

Learned borrowing from Late Latin necrōsis, from Ancient Greek νέκρωσις (nékrōsis).


badia

Probably from French baie influenced by badar or badiu.

bay (body of water mostly surrounded by land)


badia

From Old Catalan vedilla, from Latin vītīcula.


humitat

Haplological contraction of Latin hūmiditātem.


lli

Inherited from Old Catalan lin, from Latin līnum.

flax (both the plant and the fibers produced from it)


banya

From Gaulish *bannā, from Proto-Celtic *bandā. Cognate to Occitan bana.

Si mireu les flames del foc de Sant Joan / Li veureu les banyes, el barret i els guants

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


peülla

Inherited from Latin pedunculus (“footlet”). Compare Portuguese pezunho, Spanish pezuña.


urpa

Perhaps an alteration of arpa (“harp”) influenced by ungla (“nail”).

Podia sentir els seus lladrucs, allà baix. Amb prou feines vaig veure l'urpa que atacava el tercer quinqué.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 10, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


estesa

tread (part of a stairway that is stepped on)


condicional

Borrowed from Medieval Latin conditiōnālis (“conditional”), from conditiō (“condition”).


vergonya

Inherited from Old Catalan vergonya, from Vulgar Latin *vergunnia, from Latin verecundia. Compare Occitan vergonha, French vergogne, Italian vergogna.


tesa

From Latin tēnsa, feminine perfect passive participle of tendō (“to stretch”).


conill

→ Sardinian: conigliu


metzina

Inherited from Old Catalan metzina (“medicine”), from Latin medicīna. Compare Old Occitan metzina, Old French mecine. Doublet of the borrowed medicina.


verí

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum.


mena

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mīna, *mēna, from Gaulish *meina (“mineral, ore”). Doublet of mina. First attested in 1185.

(nautical) thickness, size (especially of a rope)


papallona

Feminine version of papalló, from Latin pāpiliō. Compare French papillon.


arna

Probably from Proto-Celtic *arona (“ring” or “wheel”) due to these structures first being built in a cylindrical form from woven wood or vegetation.


arna

Unknown origin, but possibly cognate to Basque arr (“worm, insect”). Cognate to Occitan arna and Sardinian arna.


arna

Possibly the same origin as Etymology 2 above, but also possibly by refactoring of sarna (“scabies”) as s’ + arna.


rialla

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *rīsuālia, as a neuter plural derived from Latin rīsus.


portada

No vull parlar més del tema–-va dir, i va donar una portada quan va eixir del cotxe.

"I don't want to talk any more about the subject," she said, and gave the door a slam as she exited the car.


meses

plural of mesa (“altar; board (of a company); game (of billiards)”)


puça

Inherited from Old Catalan puça~pulça, probably back-formed from pulces, the plural of pulç, from Latin pūlicem. Compare Occitan piuse, French puce.


llibre

Inherited from Old Catalan libre, from Latin librum (“book”). On account of the /i/, likely borrowed.


femella

From Latin fēmella (“girl, young woman”).


extraterrestre

ca-noun

extraterrestre m or f by sense (plural extraterrestres)


financer

financer m (plural financers, feminine financera)


munta

mounting (the act of one animal mounting another for copulation)


cau

Inherited from Latin cavum, cavus, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱówHwos (“cavity”).


aventura

From Vulgar Latin *adventūra, from Late Latin adventurus, from Latin adventus.


paperer

paperer m (plural paperers, feminine paperera)


resposta

From respondre, corrupted by posta, feminine past participle of pondre. Compare Asturian respuesta, Galician resposta, Italian risposta, Portuguese resposta, Spanish respuesta.


ànec

Alteration of the older Catalan form ànet, from Latin anătem, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂énh₂t- (“duck”). Probably through plural “ànecs”, pronounced as “ànets” in many dialects.


solta

(archaic) absolving (from guilt or an obligation)

(bird sports) release (of a dove, for mating purposes)


sorgo

Borrowed from Italian and Spanish sorgo.


mandioca

Borrowed from Spanish mandioca, from Old Tupi mani'oka.


cors

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


asfalt

Borrowed from Latin asphaltum, from Ancient Greek ἄσφαλτος (ásphaltos).


guitarra

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


pacient

ca-noun

pacient m or f by sense (plural pacients)


apicultor

apicultor m (plural apicultors, feminine apicultora)

apicultors (plural)
apicultora (feminine)


cossi

Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *cauceus, from Late Latin caucus (“goblet”).


perfumer

perfumer m (plural perfumers, feminine perfumera)


mosso

Borrowed from Old Spanish mozo. Compare Portuguese moço.

mosso d'esquadra
mosso d'esquadra#Catalan

Ellipsis of mosso d'esquadra.: a Mosso, a member of the Mossos d'Esquadra


costum

Inherited from Latin cōnsuētūdinem. Doublet of the borrowing consuetud.


feroès

feroès m (plural feroesos, feminine feroesa)

From illes Fèroe (“Faroe Islands”) + -ès.

a Faroese person; an inhabitant of the Faroe Islands


feroès

Faroese; the language spoken in the Faroe Islands, most strongly related with Icelandic as well as Danish, Norwegian, and Swedish


aventurer

aventurer m (plural aventurers, feminine aventurera)

aventurers (plural)
aventurera (feminine)


economista

economista m or f by sense (plural economistes)


mercenari

mercenari m (plural mercenaris, feminine mercenària)

mercenaris (plural)
mercenària (feminine)


protagonista

protagonista m or f by sense (plural protagonistes)


esca

amadou (substance derived from the hoof fungus)

tinder (dry plants used to light a fire)


legatari

legatari m (plural legataris, feminine legatària)

Learned borrowing from Latin legatārius.


conducta

Borrowed from Latin conducta < conductus.


partícula

Borrowed from Latin particula (“particle”), diminutive of pars (“part”). Doublet of parcel·la, which was borrowed from French parcelle.


vicari

vicar (representative of a higher ranking member of the clergy)


prodigi

Etymology tree
Latin prō
Latin prō-
Latin aiō
Latin -ium
Latin prōdigiumlbor.
Catalan prodigi
Learned borrowing from Latin prōdigium.


purgatori

Borrowed from Late Latin purgātōrium (“cleansing”).


física

Borrowed from New Latin physica (“physics”), from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós, “natural”).


gabella

Probably from Arabic قَبَالَة (qabāla, “bail, guaranty”), though a derivation from Proto-Germanic *gabulą (“tribute”) has also been proposed. The sense of "alliance" has been influenced by gavella (“sheaf”).

bor

alliance (two or more people united for a common end)


clínica

(healthcare) clinic (small medical facility)


patriota

ca-noun

patriota m or f by sense (plural patriotes)


pijama

(cooking) a dessert consisting of ice cream, whipped cream, flan, and fruit in syrup


bilingüe

bilingüe m or f by sense (plural bilingües)


conveni

agreement (an understanding between entities)


oponent

oponent m or f by sense (plural oponents)


daga

Likely borrowed from Italian daga, of disputed origin, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *daca (see there for further information). Compare also German Degen, Old Norse dage.


partida

certificate (of marriage, death, and other civil things)


faquir

Borrowed from Arabic فَقِير (faqīr), via either English or French.

fakir (a Hindu acestic, especially one who performs physical feats)


asperges

From the phrase asperges me (“sprinkle me”), found in the Latin version of Psalm 51, from Latin aspergō (“I sprinkle”).

The antiphon recited during this rite, traditionally a Latin version of Psalm 51.

El capellà va agafar el salpasser i va començar a recitar llatinòrums mentre agafava el mànec de l'asperges i anava ruixant amb aigua beneita la caixa per tots els costats. Un cop acabat l'asperges, va fer-nos alçar i recitar el parenostre.

The priest took up the aspergillum and began to recite Latin phrases while he held the handle of the aspergillum and went around sprinkling the coffin on all sides. Once the sprinkling was over, we rose and recited the Our Father.

(colloquial) The rapid dispersal of a crowd.


barrica

From Old Occitan barrica, from Vulgar Latin *barrica (“barrel, cask”), from Gaulish *baril (“cask, barrel”).

barrel (vessel with a capacity between 200 and 360 liters)


intercessor

intercessor m (plural intercessors, feminine intercessora)

intercessors (plural)
intercessora (feminine)

(law, Christianity) intercessor (one who intercedes)


ambre

Borrowed from Arabic عَنْبَر (ʕanbar, “ambergris”).


malvasia

From Malvasia, from earlier Malvesia, mediaeval Catalan name for the Greek town of Μονεμβασιά (Monembasiá) where the grape is thought to have originated.

(zoology) stiff-tailed duck (anatid in the genus Oxyura)


vila

settlement, usually with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city), that has asked for the title officially. Previously, this title was granted by the king


genet

ca-noun

genet m (plural genets, feminine geneta)

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the tribe of the Zenata Berbers, exceptional horsemen. Cfr zenete, jinete.


productor

ca-noun

productor m (plural productors, feminine productora)

productors (plural)
productora (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin prōductōrem, from prōductus.


aigua

Inherited from Old Catalan aygua~ayga, from Latin aqua, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ekʷeh₂. First attested in 1169. Compare Occitan aiga, French eau, Spanish agua.


bena

Borrowed from Frankish *binda (compare German Binde), from *bindan (“to bind”). Doublet of banda, a loanword through French.


ciutat

Inherited from Old Catalan ciutat, from Latin cīvitātem.


orella

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


mediador

mediador m (plural mediadors, feminine mediadora)

mediator (one who negotiates between parties seeking mutual agreement)


corredor

corredor m (plural corredors, feminine corredora)


individualista

individualista m or f by sense (plural individualistes)


literatura

Learned borrowing from Latin litterātūra (“grammar; philology”), from littera (“letter”).


estable

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


diagrama

Borrowed from Ancient Greek διάγραμμα (diágramma).


reproductor

ca-noun

reproductor m (plural reproductors, feminine reproductora)

reproductors (plural)
reproductora (feminine)


aptitud

Borrowed from Medieval Latin aptitūdinem.


autora

From autor (“author”) + -a (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


borrasca

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *borrasicare, from Late Latin borrās (“north wind”), from Ancient Greek Βορρᾶς (Borrhâs).


melic

Inherited from Latin umbilīcus, with rebracketing of l'omelic → lo melic. Doublet of llombrígol.

Sovint em girava i una catifa de caps s'acumulava a l'alçada del meu melic.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 13, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

Often I turned around and a carpet of heads gathered at the height of my navel.


fragata

Borrowed from Italian fregata (“frigate”).


hormona

From Ancient Greek ὁρμῶν (hormôn), present active participle of ὁρμάω (hormáō, “to set in motion, urge on”).


síndrome

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συνδρομή (sundromḗ).


mercader

ca-noun

mercader m (plural mercaders, feminine mercadera)

Spanish: mercader


fita

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *[petra] fīcta, from Latin petra (“stone”) and figere (“to fix in place”).


centenar

Prop d'un centenar de persones es van congregar ahir a la plaça Sant Jaume.
Nearly a hundred people came together yesterday at the Plaça Sant Jaume.

(historical, military) in the armies of Catalonia before the Nueva Planta decrees, a company of one hundred men


membre

Borrowed from Latin membrum. First attested in 1131.


colonialista

ca-noun

colonialista m or f by sense (plural colonialistes)


cua

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

les italianes es van saltar la cua


lluna

Inherited from Old Catalan luna, from Latin lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”).


medul·la espinal

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


tronc

(castells) the central vertical part of a castell directly atop the baixos, as opposed to the various levels of the pinya


analfabet

analfabet m (plural analfabets, feminine analfabeta)

analfabets (plural)
analfabeta (feminine)


avet

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *abētem, from Classical Latin abietem.


apetit

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

appetite, hunger (desire to eat food or consume drink)


cervell

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


guardiamarina

guardiamarina m or f by sense (plural guardiamarines)


nacionalista

nacionalista m or f by sense (plural nacionalistes)


curvatura

curvature (the shape of something curved)


nino

doll, especially one representing a male


cavalleria

[kə.βə.ʎəˈɾi.ə]

(idiomatic) tirar la cavalleria per sobre (a algú)

to yell at someone showing disagreement (literally, “to charge the horses over someone”)


informació

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmātiōnem. Compare to Spanish información.


collera

collar (part of harness designed to distribute the load around the shoulders of a draft animal)


atrocitat

atrocity (the quality of being atrocious)


miríada

From Late Latin myriadem, from Ancient Greek μυριάδος (muriádos), genitive of μυριάς (muriás, “number of 10,000”), from μύριος (múrios, “numberless, countless, infinite”).


aranya

Inherited from Latin arānea (compare Occitan aranha, French araignée, Spanish araña). Probably a doublet of ronya, from a Vulgar Latin derivative.

weever (any of nine species of fish in the family Trachinidae)


estasi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στάσις (stásis).


guitarrista

ca-noun

guitarrista m or f by sense (plural guitarristes)


tuti

Coordinate term: bescambrilla


tercer

tercer m (plural tercers, feminine tercera)

mediator (a third party who negotiates between two other parties in a dispute)

(obsolete) tierce; unit of liquid measure


modernista

modernista m or f by sense (plural modernistes)


quarantena

From quaranta (“forty”) + -ena (feminine ordinal suffix).


etanol

ethanol (simple aliphatic alcohol: CH3-CH2-OH)


simpatia

From Late Latin sympathīa, from Ancient Greek συμπάθεια (sumpátheia).


purista

purista m or f by sense (plural puristes)


potra

colic (persistent anger or crying in children)


mofeta

Borrowed from Italian mofetta (“skunk”), from mofeta (“mofetta”).


mofeta

Borrowed from Italian mofeta (“mofetta”).


mofeta

a person who likes to make fun of other people


gaita

Uncertain; see Portuguese gaita for possibilities.


doctrina

From Old Occitan doctrina, from Latin doctrīna.


plaga

From Old Occitan [Term?], from Latin plāga.


sofisma

(philosophy) sophism (flawed argument superficially correct in its reasoning)


escolar

ca-noun

escolar m or f by sense (plural escolars)

Borrowed from Late Latin scholāris, from Latin schola.

student; specifically someone who goes to school


asteroide

[əs.təˈɾɔj.ðə]

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “star”).


carambola

Borrowed from Spanish carambola, from Malay karambal.


camerino

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


binomi

(algebra) binomial (a polynomial with two terms)


bua

Childish variant of buba (“pimple”), from Medieval Latin būbō (“bubo”), from Ancient Greek βουβών (boubṓn, “groin, swelling”).


bua

(archaic, nautical, metrology) a unit of length used in measuring ships. Approximately the same as a yard, it was defined as 4 pams (“spans”)


maó

Uncertain, probably pre-Roman. Compare Italian mattone.

maó vist


maó

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

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


deutor

ca-noun

deutor m (plural deutors, feminine deutora)


evasiva

[ə.βəˈzi.βə]


especialista

especialista m or f by sense (plural especialistes)


romanès

romanès m (plural romanesos, feminine romanesa)

Romanian (an individual from Romania or an ethnic Romanian regardless of domicile)


romanès

Romanian (a Romance language used primarily in Romania and Moldova)


agricultor

agricultor m (plural agricultors, feminine agricultora)

agricultors (plural)
agricultora (feminine)


eremita

eremita m or f by sense (plural eremites)

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


manicomi

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

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


motocicliste

motocicliste m (plural motociclistes, feminine motociclista)

motociclistes (plural)
motociclista (feminine)

Alternative form of motociclista (masculine only)


mercé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of mercè


morfina

(biochemistry, pharmacology) morphine (opioid used as an anaesthetic or recreational drug)


valona

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nonlemma

The drip pan of a candlestick or candelabra.


motociclista

ca-noun

motociclista m or f by sense (plural motociclistes)


pedra

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


ovella

Inherited from Old Catalan oveylla, from Latin ovicula, diminutive of ovis, from Proto-Italic *owis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis. Compare Occitan oelha. The initial diphthong in numerous regional variants reflects contamination from preceding determiners with final /-a/, as in una ovella > un' auvella.


ortografia

Borrowed from Latin orthographia, from Ancient Greek ὀρθογραφία (orthographía), from ὀρθός (orthós, “correct”) and γράφω (gráphō, “write”).


rafe

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


repertori

Borrowed from Medieval Latin repertōrium.


interruptor

Borrowed from Late Latin interruptōrem, from Latin interrumpō.


palet

(music, chiefly in the plural) drumstick

(ethnology) prize in Falles in the form of a standard or pennant


palet

Uncertain; possibly from pala (“shovel; blade”) + -et.

(geology) pebble (especially one shaped by water)


sacerdotessa

ca-noun

sacerdotessa f (plural sacerdotesses, masculine sacerdot)

sacerdotesses (plural)
sacerdot (masculine)

From sacerdot (“priest”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


bisturí

Borrowed from French bistouri, from archaic Italian pistorese or pistorino (“from Pistoia”).


carnet

carnet de conduir


secessionista

ca-noun

secessionista m or f by sense (plural secessionistes)


sintonia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek συντονία (suntonía).


sesta

Inherited from Latin (hōra) sexta (“sixth hour, counting from dawn”). Cognate with Portuguese sesta and Spanish siesta.


investigador

ca-noun

investigador m (plural investigadors, feminine investigadora)

investigadors (plural)
investigadora (feminine)


bamba

sound-symbolic

expressive


astronauta

ca-noun

astronauta m or f by sense (plural astronautes)

astronaut (member of the crew of a spaceship or other spacecraft, or someone trained for that purpose)


franceses

feminine plural of francès (Valencian: francés)


lexicografia

lexicography (the art of compiling dictionaries)


cabeça

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *capittia, variant of capitia, plural of Latin capitium.


barraca

→ French: baraque (see there for further descendants)

→ Portuguese: barraca (see there for further descendants)

→ Spanish: barraca

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico

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


cambrer

cambrer m (plural cambrers, feminine cambrera)

From cambra (“room”) + -er. Compare Spanish camarero.


estrés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of estrès


promotor

promotor m (plural promotors, feminine promotora)


cubeta

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


bateria

bateria m or f by sense (plural bateries)


curs

Borrowed from Latin cursus. Compare the inherited doublets cors and cós.


força

Inherited from Late Latin fortia, a noun derived from the neuter plural of Latin fortis (“strong”). Compare Occitan fòrça.


esplendor

Borrowed from Latin splendōrem. First attested in 1474.


bengala

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

Clipping of llum de bengala (“Bengal light”).


sucrer

sucrer m (plural sucrers, feminine sucrera)


locomotora

(rail transport) locomotive (the power unit of a train that pulls the coaches or wagons)


vern

No el veus, pare, mirant de fit a fit / El rei dels verns, amb corona i mantell?

2015, Roger Mas (lyrics and music), “El rei dels verns”, in Irredempt:

Alnus glutinosa
Alnus glutinosa#Translingual

an alder, especially the black alder (Alnus glutinosa)


cítara

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


resina

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


península

Borrowed from Latin paenīnsula (“peninsula”), from paene (“almost”), and īnsula (“island”).


ambre gris

ambergris (fatty substance used in perfumes)


petaca

Borrowed from Spanish petaca, from Classical Nahuatl petlācalli (“woven wicker hamper”).


barbacoa

Borrowed from Spanish barbacoa, from Taíno barbakoa.

barbecue (fireplace or pit for grilling food)

barbecue (meat that has been cooked in such an apparatus)


gasa

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


aneurisma

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνεύρυσμα (aneúrusma, “widening, opening”).


generador

[ʒə.nə.ɾəˈðo]


basca

From Proto-Celtic *wedsk-. Compare Welsh gwasg (“pressure, squeezing”), Old Irish fáiscid (“presses, squeezes”).


tambor

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


consumidor

ca-noun

consumidor m (plural consumidors, feminine consumidora)

consumidors (plural)
consumidora (feminine)


frigi

frigi m (plural frigis, feminine frígia)


seca

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


seca

mint (building or workshop where money is produced)


pansexual

ca-noun

pansexual m or f by sense (plural pansexuals)


irlandeses

feminine plural of irlandès (Valencian: irlandés)


vime

wicker, osier (flexible branch cut from a willow tree)


baronessa

baronessa f (plural baronesses, masculine baró)

From baró (“baron”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


banqueta

stool (a seat for one person without a back or armrest)


sorra

Inherited from Latin saburra (“sand, grit”). Compare Occitan saurra.


sorra

Borrowed from Arabic سُرَّة (surra, “navel”).


fogata

Imitarem el sol amb grans fogates


sobec

Inherited from Old Catalan subet, from Arabic سُبَات (subāt, “lethargy, stupor”).


galop

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


pastanaga

Inherited from Latin pastināca (“root, carrot”).


parra

Uncertain. Possibly from Gothic *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰 (*parra), *𐍀𐌰𐍂𐍂𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*parrans, “trellis; fencing”) or from a pre-Indo-European root of similar meaning.


mariscal

ca-noun

mariscal m (plural mariscals, feminine mariscala)

Borrowed from Spanish mariscal, from Old French marescal. Doublet of manescal.


opereta

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


regidor

regidor m (plural regidors, feminine regidora)


peix

Inherited from Latin piscem, from Proto-Indo-European *peysk-.


faceta

facet (any one of the flat surfaces cut into a gem)

facet (one among many similar or related, yet still distinct things)

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


cobertura

Inherited from Late Latin coopertūra, from Latin coopertus.


manovella

Borrowed from French manivelle, which ultimately derives either from Latin manicula or manuālis.


bromista

bromista m or f by sense (plural bromistes)


homeopatia

From homeo- + -patia. Calque of German Homöopathie.


brúixola

Alteration of Vulgar Latin buxida (“box”) with influence from Latin capsula.


deler

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dēlērium, alteration of Latin dēlīrium (“madness”). Doublet of deliri, a learned borrowing.


caçador

caçador m (plural caçadors, feminine caçadora)

From caçar + -dor. Compare French chasseur, Spanish cazador, Italian cacciatore.


glossari

Learned borrowing from Latin glōssārium.


juny

Inherited from Old Catalan juny, from Latin iūnius. Compare Occitan junh.


admirador

admirador m (plural admiradors, feminine admiradora)

admiradors (plural)
admiradora (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin admīrātōrem. By surface analysis, admirar + -dor.


cofre

cofre m (plural cofres or (also Valencia) cófrens)

cofres (plural)
cófrens (Valencia also plural)

Inherited from Old Catalan cofre, from Old French cofre, from Latin cŏphĭnus (“basket, pan”), from Ancient Greek κόφινος (kóphinos). First attested in the 13th century.

chest, coffer (large box often used for storage)


bombarder

bombarder m (plural bombarders, feminine bombardera)

bombarders (plural)
bombardera (feminine)


llàgrima

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


flaca

La seva flaca és la lectura.


ginebra

→? Spanish: ginebra

First attested in 1868; formally the feminine of ginebre, but possibly taken as an adaptation of French genièvre or English geneva (“gin”), cf. also jenever.

Era una beguda forta, com ginebra o whisky, el nom de la qual jo no havia sentit mai.

1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:


muralla

Inherited from Late Latin muralia, from Latin muralis.


boix

Inherited from Latin buxus, from Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos).


armadura

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


granger

ca-noun

granger m (plural grangers, feminine grangera)

[ɡɾaɲˈd͡ʒeɾ]


etarra

La llei espanyola permet participar en la vida política a tots els nivells malgrat haver sigut condemnat per aquest tipus de delictes i etarres i exdirigents de la banda terrorista s'han presentat a les eleccions en nombroses ocasions en les últimes dècades.

2023 May 16, Juan Ruiz Sierra et al., “La Moncloa, sobre la renúncia dels set exetarres de Bildu: «Avui se li pot acabar la campanya a Feijóo»”, in El Periódico, Política:

The law of Spain permits participation in all levels of political life despite having been charged with this type of crime and former members and leaders of the terrorist group have contested elections on numerous occasions in the last decades.

Euskadi Ta Askatasuna
Euskadi Ta Askatasuna


estrela

(Valencia) Alternative form of estrella (“star”)


calamar

→ Spanish: calamar

Borrowed from Italian calamaro, from Latin calamārius.


segon

Inherited from Old Catalan segon, from Latin secundus.

second; a short indeterminate period of time


segon

segon m (plural segons, feminine segona)

(castells) a person in the second level of the tronc of a castell


cuc

Possibly of onomatopoeic origin. Compare to Aragonese cuco or Sardinian cucurra.


paradoxa

[pə.ɾəˈðɔk.sə]

Borrowed from Latin paradoxum, from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos).


nahua

Nahua (an individual of the Nahua peoples of Mexico)


anell

Inherited from Latin ānellus, diminutive of ānus (“ring”). Cognate with Occitan anèl, French anneau, Italian anello, Portuguese anel, and Spanish anillo.

ring (round piece of (precious) metal worn around the finger)


anglosaxó

anglosaxó m (plural anglosaxons, feminine anglosaxona)

anglosaxons (plural)
anglosaxona (feminine)

an English speaker, usually a Briton or an American


arxiu

Borrowed from Latin archīvum, from Ancient Greek ἀρχεῖον (arkheîon).


assassí

assassí m (plural assassins, feminine assassina)

From Arabic حَشَّاشِين (ḥaššāšīn, “hashish users”) or أَسَاسِيُّون (ʔasāsiyyūn). First attested in 1284.


avantpassat

ca-noun

avantpassat m (plural avantpassats, feminine avantpassada)

avantpassats (plural)
avantpassada (feminine)


cadenat

Inherited from Late Latin catēnātum, derived from Latin catēna (“chain”).


bleda

From Latin bēta, by contamination of blitum.

a type of vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. vulgaris, which yields beetroot and chard


baioneta

Borrowed from French baïonnette, after the town of Bayonne.


encapçalament

From encapçalar (“to head, to lead”) + -ment.


remolatxa

Probably from Italian ramolaccio (“(horse)radish”).

beetroot, a type of vegetable, Beta vulgaris var. crassa


manetes

someone who is skilled in manual work, a handyman


guspira

Possibly an alteration of synonymous espira.


mateixa

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


pagès

pagès m (plural pagesos, feminine pagesa)

Borrowed from Latin pagēnsis. Doublet of país.


conegut

conegut m (plural coneguts, feminine coneguda)


marí

Inherited from Latin marīnus. Compare Occitan marin, French marin, Spanish marino.


seva

Inherited from Latin sua, feminine of suus.


carrer

Inherited from Late Latin (cammīnus) carrārius (compare Occitan carrièra), from Latin carrus.


oligopoli

From oligo- + -poli, by analogy with monopoli (“monopoly”).


sergent

ca-noun

sergent m (plural sergents, feminine sergenta)


mirra

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


constructivisme

constructivisme m (plural constructivismes)


vidre

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


llet

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


realista

realista m or f by sense (plural realistes)


antologia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνθολογία (anthología).


paleoclimatologia

ca-noun

paleoclimatologia f (plural paleoclimatologies)


trapezi

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


campiona

female equivalent of campió (“champion”)


beure

Inherited from Latin bibere, from Proto-Italic *pibō, from Proto-Indo-European *píph₃eti.


coure

From Late Latin cuprum (compare Spanish cobre), from Latin cyprium (aes) (compare Occitan coire, French cuivre), from Ancient Greek Κῠ́προς (Kúpros).


riure

Inherited from Late Latin rīdere, from Latin rīdēre.


perineu

Learned borrowing from Late Latin perinaeum.


viure

Inherited from Old Catalan viure, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).


traça

Hi ha traces de pigment ocre groc sota d'una prima capa de calç.

There are traces of yellow ochre underneath a thin layer of chalk.

Hem seguit la traça d'un seguit de gent que ens anava a davant.

We followed the trail of a series of people which led us forward.


torró

desctree

→? Spanish: turrón
→ English: turron
→ French: touron

Uncertain. Either from:
* terró, derivative of terrós (“earthy”) (Coromines): see Occitan terroun, Neapolitan terrone.
* Latin torrēre.


gripau

Unknown derivation, possibly from Occitan grapaut or French crapaud, which both likely derived from Frankish *krappō (“hook”).

goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)


internauta

From internet + -nauta (“-naut, navigator”), a calque of English internaut.

(computing) Internet user, netizen, cybercitizen, internaut, cybernaut


granota

Inherited from Latin rāna + -ota, with uncertain etymology of the initial g-. Compare French grenouille.


muntanya

Inherited from Old Catalan muntanya~montanya, from Early Medieval Latin montānia, a collective based on Latin montem.


llac

Inherited from Latin lacus (“lake”), from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).


beril·li

Ultimately from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος (bḗrullos).


cenobita

ca-noun

cenobita m or f by sense (plural cenobites)

cenobite (monk who lives in a religious community)


salma

(historical) measure of capacity considered the maximum a pack animal could carry (in Barcelona equal to 278 liters)


zona erògena

[ˈzo.nə əˈɾɔ.ʒə.nə]


antagonista

antagonista m or f by sense (plural antagonistes)

Borrowed from Latin antagonista, from Ancient Greek ἀνταγωνιστής (antagōnistḗs, “opponent”) (ἀντί (antí, “against”) + ἀγωνιστής (agōnistḗs, “a combatant, pleader, actor”)), from ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι (antagōnízesthai, “antagonize”).

der

ἀνταγωνιστής


baf

Onomatopoeic. First attested in the 14th century.


presidi

Borrowed from Latin praesidium. Doublet of presídium. Compare Spanish presidio (“prison”).

–Em consta que fa anys i panys que s'ha abandonat la ruta. Volien convertir l'illa en un presidi per als dirigents bòer. Alguna cosa així, no ho sé.

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

–It's obvious that the route was abandoned ages ago. They wanted to convert the island into a prison for Boer leaders. Something like that, I don't know.


trapezista

ca-noun

trapezista m or f by sense (plural trapezistes)


onomatopeia

Borrowed from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía).

der

ὀνοματοποιία


frec

Deverbal from fregar, from Latin fricāre.


miopia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μυωπία (muōpía).


soll

Unknown, probably from Gaulish *sutegis.


mesquita

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


cascada

Borrowed from Spanish cascada or directly from Italian cascata.


cineasta

ca-noun

cineasta m or f by sense (plural cineastes)


CF

FC: Initialism of Club de Futbol (“Football Club”),


tossa

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


matrícula

Borrowed from Late Latin mātrīcula, from Latin mātrīx.


siringa

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


anacrusi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάκρουσις (anákrousis).

bor+

(prosody) anacrusis; unstressed syllable at the start of a verse

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


anàlisi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis).


sofà

Via French sofa from Arabic صُفَّة (ṣuffa, “sofa, long seat made of stone or brick”), from Aramaic צפא (ṣipā’, “mat”).


sionista

ca-noun

sionista m or f by sense (plural sionistes)


sortilegi

From Medieval Latin sortilegium, from sortilegus (“soothsaying”).


sinagoga

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


braç

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

(idiomatic) Estirar més el braç que la màniga

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


canari

ca-noun

canari m (plural canaris, feminine canària)

native or inhabitant of the Canary Islands (male or of unspecified gender)


canari

Tropaeolum peregrinum
Wikispecies:Tropaeolum peregrinum

(in the plural) canary creeper (Tropaeolum peregrinum)

axillary wrasse (Symphodus mediterraneus)


bau

Borrowed from French bau, from Frankish *balk (“beam”). Cognate with Spanish bao.


barri

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic بَرِّي (barri, “exterior”), referring to the outer, surrounding or less civilized or urbanized parts of a city, from classical Arabic بَرِيّ (bariyy, “wild”). Compare Spanish barrio and Occitan barri.

bor+

el barri Gòtic

(of a municipality) district, neighbourhood, quarter


tirocini

Learned borrowing from Latin tīrōcinium.


immunoglobulina

ca-noun

immunoglobulina f (plural immunoglobulines)


tisana

From Latin tisana, from Ancient Greek πτισάνη (ptisánē).


tifa

First documented in 1932; probably a regressive derivative of tifarada (“piece of shit”).


fariner

fariner m (plural fariners, feminine farinera)


faraó

faraó m (plural faraons, feminine faraona)

Learned borrowing from Late Latin Pharaō, from Ancient Greek Φαραώ (Pharaṓ).


peça

From Late Latin pettia, from Gaulish *pettyā, from Proto-Celtic *kʷezdis. Compare French pièce, Italian pezza, Spanish pieza.


universitari

ca-noun

universitari m (plural universitaris, feminine universitària)

universitaris (plural)
universitària (feminine)


premissa

Borrowed from Latin praemissa (“set before”).


visionari

ca-noun

visionari m (plural visionaris, feminine visionària)

visionaris (plural)
visionària (feminine)


competidor

competidor m (plural competidors, feminine competidora)

competidors (plural)
competidora (feminine)


violinista

violinista m or f by sense (plural violinistes)


esquema

Borrowed from Latin schēma, from Ancient Greek σχῆμα (skhêma, “form, shape”).

der

outline (a general description, a summarizing statement)


dilema

Borrowed from Latin dilēmma, from Ancient Greek δίλημμα (dílēmma).


hoste

ca-noun

hoste m (plural hostes, feminine hostessa)

Inherited from Old Catalan oste, from Latin hospitem. Cognates include Occitan òste, French hôte (Old French oste), Spanish huésped, Italian ospite.


columna vertebral

columna vertebral f (plural columnes vertebrals)


cotes

plural of cota (“tunic, coat (historical)”)


cotes

plural of cota (“(topographic) elevation”)


dracma

Borrowed from Latin drachma, from Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ). First attested in 1460.


dignitari

dignitari m (plural dignitaris, feminine dignitària)

dignitaris (plural)
dignitària (feminine)


escrot

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


pornògraf

Rarament els seus personatges són uns «enamorats»: els pornògrafs són els primers respectuosos amb l’amor.

1964, Joan Fuster, “Sexe”, in Diccionari per a ociosos:

Rarely their characters are "in love": pornographers are the first to be respectful of love.


menjar

Inherited from Latin mandūcāre. Compare French manger and Italian mangiare.


genetista

genetista m or f by sense (plural genetistes)


marcador

marcador m (plural marcadors, feminine marcadora)

marker (someone or something that marks)


carn

Inherited from Latin carnem, from Proto-Italic *karō, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *(s)ker-. Compare Occitan carn.


marta

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


maluc

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

der

عَظْم الْحُقّ

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

2008 February 8, El Periódico de Catalunya:

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


utilitari

ca-noun

utilitari m (plural utilitaris, feminine utilitària)

utilitaris (plural)
utilitària (feminine)


lladruc

Podia sentir els seus lladrucs, allà baix. Amb prou feines vaig veure l'urpa que atacava el tercer quinqué.


fletxa

Inherited from Old Catalan flecha, from Old French fleche, from Vulgar Latin *fleccia, of Frankish origin.


escorça

(anatomy) the outer covering of an organ

L'escorça dura em resguarda de qualsevol perill.

The tough exterior shields me from any danger.


antilop

(tanning) Alternative form of antílop (“antelope suede (sometimes made from other animals, e.g. sheep or pig)”)


puig

Inherited from Old Catalan puig (also spelled puix), from Latin podium (“balcony”), borrowed from Ancient Greek πόδιον (pódion, “base”). Doublet of podi and pòdium, both borrowings from Latin. Compare Occitan puèg, regional French puy (“mountain; hill”), Sicilian poju.


esquimal

esquimal m or f by sense (plural esquimals)


caravana

caravan (a convoy or procession of travelers, their vehicles and cargo, and any pack animals)

camper (a motor vehicle with a rear compartment for living and sleeping in)


tennista

tennista m or f by sense (plural tennistes)


observador

observador m (plural observadors, feminine observadora)

observadors (plural)
observadora (feminine)


porquet

From porc (“pig”) + -et (diminutive suffix).


porquet

unk

Etymology unknown.


capgròs

Coordinate term: gegant

(folklore) participant at a local festival who parades wearing a large papier maché head, giving the impression of having a very short body

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual

(zoology) flathead mullet, Mugil cephalus


pregó

Borrowed from Spanish pregón, from Latin praecōnem.

speech, oration, especially at the start of a festival


sabó

Inherited from Old Catalan sabó~sabon, from Latin sāpōnem, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *saipǭ. Compare Occitan sabon, French savon, Spanish jabón.


cullera

Uncertain, probably from Latin cochleare, from cochlea (“shell”), possibly through French cuillère. Compare Occitan culhièr, Spanish cuchara, Portuguese colher.


cullera

Spatula clypeata
Spatula clypeata#Translingual

Anas clypeata
Anas clypeata#Translingual

northern shoveler duck (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata)


cullera

a small area which is accidentally left unpainted


pinacoteca

Però, com sempre, es mirava en Batís al balcó, els trets, el meu plor, l'assalt al far, amb la distància que un quadre de motius bèl·lics genera en l'espectador de pinacoteca.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 11, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

But, as usual, she watched Batís on the balcony, the shots, my weeping, and the assault on the lighthouse with a distance which a painting with warlike motifs would provoke in an art gallery visitor.


convidat

ca-noun

convidat m (plural convidats, feminine convidada)


porcell

porcell m (plural porcells, feminine procella)

Inherited from Latin porcellus (“piglet”), diminutive of Latin porcus (“pig”). Compare Occitan porcèl, French pourceau.


conducte deferent

ca-noun

conducte deferent m (plural conductes deferents)


marquesa

From marquès (“marquess”) + -esa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


australiana

female equivalent of australià (“Australian”)


marqués

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of marquès


aixella

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


eixut

Inherited from Latin exsūctus, perfect passive participle of exsūgō (compare Occitan eissuch, Spanish enjuto, Portuguese enxuto, Italian asciutto), from ex + sūgō.


escorpí

Borrowed from Latin scorpiō, from Ancient Greek σκόρπιος (skórpios).


ament

Borrowed from Latin āmentum (“thong, string”).


paellera

Spanish: paellera

English: paellera


falange

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


colombiana

female equivalent of colombià (“Colombian”)


cantant

ca-noun

cantant m or f by sense (plural cantants)


quadra

(historical) ward (division of a castle)

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


patriarca

Borrowed from Late Latin patriarcha, from Byzantine Greek πατριάρχης (patriárkhēs, “the founder of the tribe/family”), from Ancient Greek πατριά (patriá, “generation, ancestry, descent, tribe, family”) + -άρχης (-árkhēs, “-arch”).


fumera

Sovint l'escena és envaïda per una fumera fosca que ve d'un edifici baix.

Often the scene is invaded by a dark puff of smoke which comes from a low building..

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


faringe

Borrowed from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx).


emissari

ca-noun

emissari m (plural emissaris, feminine emissària)


solista

solista m or f by sense (plural solistes)


lisboeta

lisboeta m or f by sense (plural lisboetes)

Lisboner (native or inhabitant of Lisbon)


ratera

(nautical) rat guard (disc placed over ropes and cables to stop rodents)

a wooden plate clock (a type of wall clock with a visible mechanism)


flautista

flautista m or f by sense (plural flautistes)


mandant

mandant m or f by sense (plural mandants)

Borrowed from Latin mandantem, present active participle of mandō (“to grant”).

power of attorney
power of attorney#English

(law) principal, grantor (one who grants another power of attorney to act on their behalf)


signant

signant m or f by sense (plural signants)


trempera

From trempar (“to have an erection”) + -era.


psicopatologia

psicopatologia f (plural psicopatologies)


tirador

tirador m (plural tiradors, feminine tiradora)


bossa

Inherited from Late Latin bursa. Doublet of borsa.


centaure

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


tributari

Learned borrowing from Latin tribūtārius.


unitari

ca-noun

unitari m (plural unitaris, feminine unitària)

(politics) a unitarian (a person who advocates a unitary government)


proxeneta

proxeneta m or f by sense (plural proxenetes)

Learned borrowing from Latin proxenēta, from Ancient Greek προξενητής (proxenētḗs).


aforisme

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ἀφορισμός (aphorismós).


explorador

explorador m (plural exploradors, feminine exploradora)

exploradors (plural)
exploradora (feminine)


abadejo

[ə.βəˈðe.ʒu]


alquimista

alquimista m or f by sense (plural alquimistes)

From alquímia (“alchemy”) + -ista (“ist”).


pantomima

pantomime, mime (form of acting without words)


abolicionista

abolicionista m or f by sense (plural abolicionistes)


accionista

accionista m or f by sense (plural accionistes)


antera

Borrowed from New Latin anthēra, from Ancient Greek ἀνθηρά (anthērá), feminine form of ἀνθηρός (anthērós, “flowery, blooming”) from ἄνθος (ánthos, “flower, blossom”).


taxista

taxista m or f by sense (plural taxistes)


sucrera

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


cambra

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


humanista

ca-noun

humanista m or f by sense (plural humanistes)


corrector

corrector m (plural correctors, feminine correctora)

correctors (plural)
correctora (feminine)

Learned borrowing from Latin corrēctor, from corrigō (“I correct”).


corrector

(computing) corrector, correction software (of spelling or grammar)


brosses

plural of brossa (“speck; [computing] bug”)


brossa

Uncertain
* Possibly of pre-Roman (Celtic) origin; compare Proto-Celtic *wroikos (“heather”).
* Possibly of Romance origin, from Old French broisse, from Vulgar Latin *bruscia (“shoots of a plant”), from Latin bruscum (“knot on a maple tree”).
* Or a Germanic language (Gothic *𐌱𐍂𐌿𐌺𐌾𐌰 (*brukja), presumably related to Proto-Germanic *brukiz (“fissure, breach”)).
Also compare Spanish brocha (“paintbrush”).

der

correu brossa


objecte

(psychology) object (person or thing toward which an emotion is directed)


pilera

una pilera de pedres


balancera

female equivalent of balancer (“scale-maker”)


finança

From finar + -ança, originally "liquidation of a debt or account". First attested in 1344.


balança

Inherited from Late Latin *bilancia, from Latin bilanx, from bi- (see Latin bis) and lanx.


polit

Numenius phaeopus
Numenius phaeopus#Translingual


dirigent

ca-noun

dirigent m or f by sense (plural dirigents)


alforja

From Andalusian Arabic, compare Spanish alforja.


reu

Borrowed from Latin reus (“accused”). Compare Portuguese réu and Spanish reo.


guerrera

female equivalent of guerrer (“warrior”)

Mentrestant la canalla, i n'hi havia un mosquer, venien a admirar de la vora els nostres galons, les nostres guerreres flamants.

Meanwhile the children--and there was a swarm of them--came close up to admire our stripes, our brand-new military jackets.


portador

portador m (plural portadors, feminine portadora)


tord

Inherited from Old Catalan tord (also spelled tort), from Latin turdus (“thrush”), from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos. Compare Occitan tord (and tordre), Spanish tordo.


estigma

Learned borrowing from Latin stigma, from Ancient Greek στίγμα (stígma, “brand, mark”), from στίζω (stízō, “to mark”).


oint

Ancient present participle of oir, possibly corresponding to Latin audientem.


centenni

Formed by analogy with bienni, trienni, etc.

centennium (period of one hundred years)


escarola

Borrowed from Italian scarola, from Late Latin ēscāriola.


endívia

Borrowed from Medieval Latin endivia, from Late Latin intibus. Probably ultimately from a Semitic source.


bolet

Inherited from Latin bōlētus, from Ancient Greek βωλίτης (bōlítēs).

caçar bolets

to pick mushrooms (literally, “to hunt mushrooms”)


teosofia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek θεοσοφῐ́ᾱ (theosophíā). Equivalent to teo- + -sofia.


escotilla

Probably from Middle French escoutille, from escouter (“to listen”). Cognate to French écoutille, Spanish escotilla, Portuguese escotilha.


negrer

ca-noun

negrer m (plural negrers, feminine negrera)

Enderrocar estàtues de filibusters, negrers, plutòcrates i opressors també ensenya història a les noves generacions, la mateixa història que ensenyaven les estàtues ara criticades, però, és clar, amb uns criteris diferents.

2020 July 10, Josep Maria Fonalleras, “Estàtues”, in El Punt Avui:

Knocking down statues of pirates, slave traders, plutocrats and oppressors also teaches history to new generations, the same history that the now criticized statues taught, but, of course, with different views.


pedagogia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παιδαγωγία (paidagōgía).


món

Inherited from Old Catalan mon, from Latin mundus.

viatjar per tot el món


cullerot

From cullera (“spoon”) + -ot (“a kind of”).

northern shoveler (a species of duck (Spatula clypeata, formerly Anas clypeata))


cullerot

ca-noun

cullerot m (plural cullerots, feminine cullerota)

A humorous application of cullerot (“serving spoon”) to the inhabitants of Cullera, Ribera Baixa, Valencia, Spain by their neighbors.

native or inhabitant of Cullera (male or of unspecified gender)


contrabandista

contrabandista m or f by sense (plural contrabandistes)


conques

plural of conca (“bowl; trough; (geographic) basin; eye socket”)


moldava

female equivalent of moldau (“Moldavian”)


omanita

omanita m or f by sense (plural omanites)


operador

operador m (plural operadors, feminine operadora)


aragonés

aragonés m (plural aragonesos, feminine aragonesa)

aragonesos (plural)
aragonesa (feminine)


creador

creador m (plural creadors, feminine creadora)


golfes

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


servidor

Inherited from Late Latin servitōrem, from Latin servō. Equivalent to servir + -dor.


onça

From earlier leonça by misdivision, and this from Old French leonce or Italian lonza. Cognate with English ounce (“snow leopard”).

a name applied to various large felids, such as the cheetah or the jaguar


drac

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

(heraldry) dragon (stylised representation)


volador

Clipping of peix volador (“flying fish”).


molles

plural of molla (“crumb; soft part of something”)


molles

plural of molla (“spring (elastic object)”)


amina

(inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry) amine


cirera

Inherited from Vulgar Latin ceresia (compare Occitan cerièra), from the neuter plural of Late Latin ceresium, from Latin cerasium, from Ancient Greek κεράσιον (kerásion, “cherry”), from κερασός (kerasós, “bird cherry”), ultimately possibly of Anatolian origin.

a fruit resembling a cherry, such as the fruit of the strawberry tree


paret

Inherited from Late Latin parētem, from Latin parietem m.


argolla

Borrowed from Spanish argolla, from Arabic الغُلّ (al-ḡull).


mantellina

portar una mantellina

a ray, especially a butterfly ray or devil ray


agrimensor

ca-noun

agrimensor m (plural agrimensors, feminine agrimensora)

agrimensors (plural)
agrimensora (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin agrīmēnsōrem (“land surveyor”).


emboscada

ambush (an attack launched from a concealed position)


puput

Aphetic variant of apuput, alteration of earlier *apoput, from Latin upupa.


animalista

ca-noun

animalista m or f by sense (plural animalistes)

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


fes

notch (in the ears of livestock, to mark them)


fes

Named after the city of Fes, Morocco. See Ottoman Turkish فس (fes).


fes

(archaic or dialectal) plural of fe (“hay”)


estona

From Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰 (*stunda), from Proto-Germanic *stundō, compare Sardinian stunda, Corsican stonda, Italian stonda, as well as German Stunde.


visat

visa (permit to enter and leave a country)


boina

Borrowed from Basque boina via Spanish boina.


geriatre

geriatre m (plural geriatres, feminine geriatra)


promontori

promontory (a high point of land extending into a body of water)


misantropia

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek μισανθρωπία (misanthrōpía).

lbor

misanthropy (hatred or dislike of people)


normand

ca-noun

normand m (plural normands, feminine normanda)


recidiva

Learned borrowing from Latin recidīva, feminine of recidīvus.


relator

relator m (plural relators, feminine relatora)


capitalista

capitalista m or f by sense (plural capitalistes)


nilgau

From Hindi नीलगाय (nīlgāy), possibly via French nilgaut.


orador

orador m (plural oradors, feminine oradora)


psicoanalista

psicoanalista m or f by sense (plural psicoanalistes)


ortopedista

ortopedista m or f by sense (plural ortopedistes)


armer

armer m (plural armers, feminine armera)

From arma + -er, or less likely from Latin armārius, from arma; compare Spanish armero, Portuguese armeiro, old Italian armaio.


bíceps

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


biquini

Named after the Sala Bikini in Barcelona, which popularised a proprietary version of the croque-monsieur in the mid-20th century.


soldadura

From soldar + -dura. First attested in 1575.


anyada

una bona anyada de pomes

(agriculture) harvest, crop (amount of fruit of a particular type produced in a particular year)

(winemaking) vintage (year of production)


pescador

ca-noun

pescador m (plural pescadors, feminine pescadora)


golfista

golfista m or f by sense (plural golfistes)


gregari

gregari m (plural gregaris, feminine gregària)


onada

onada de calor


avinguda

[ə.βiŋˈɡu.ðə]

spate (a river or ravine at flood stage)


extinció

Learned borrowing from Latin extīnctiōnem.


evolució

evolució lingüística


meandre

Learned borrowing from Latin Maeander, from Ancient Greek Μαίανδρος (Maíandros), a river in Asia Minor known for its winding course.


musaranya

From Latin mūsarāneus, from mūs (“mouse”) + arāneus (“of a spider”) (because the bite of many shrews, e.g. Neomys fodiens, is venomous).


integració

Borrowed from Latin integrātiōnem. First attested in 1445.


forquilla

From forca + -illa, calque of Spanish horquilla.

Punxeu la pasta amb una forquilla perquè pugi tan poc com sigui possible i retalleu les vores que sobren.

2013, Xavier Barriga, Brioixeria: Feta a casa amb el gust de sempre, GRIJALBO ILUSTRADOS, →ISBN:

Poke the dough with a fork so it will rise as little as possible and cut off the extra edges.

El ganivet i la cullera van a la dreta del plat, i la forquilla, a l'esquerra (pensant en la mà amb què s'agafa cada cosa).

2014, Assumpta Miralpeix, Aprendre de cuinar, ROSA VENTS, →ISBN:

The knife and the spoon go to the right of the plate, and the fork on the left (keeping in mind the hands used to hold everything).

(cycling) fork (the portion of the frameset holding the front wheel)


beguda

From the feminine of begut, past participle of beure.


glaç

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *glacium/a, from Latin glaciēs. Doublet of glaça.


gàbia

Inherited from Latin cavea. (Compare Italian gabbia.) Doublet of càvea, a learned borrowing.


sabata

Of unknown origin. Possibly from Tatar чабата (çabata, “overshoes”), ultimately either from Ottoman Turkish چاپوت (çaput, çapıt, “patchwork, tatters”), from Ottoman Turkish چاپمق (çapmak, “to slap on”), or of Iranian origin, cognate with modern Persian چپت (čapat, “a kind of traditional leather shoe”).
Influenced by Old French bot savate. Cognate with Spanish zapata.


infern

Inherited from Latin īnfernus. First attested in the 12th century.


imperialista

ca-noun

imperialista m or f by sense (plural imperialistes)


peresa

Inherited from Old Catalan peresa, from Latin pigritia.


galer

galer m (plural galers, feminine galera)


baptista

baptista m or f by sense (plural baptistes)

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptista, from Ancient Greek βαπτιστής (baptistḗs).


tocadiscos

Verb-object compound, composed of toca (“to play”) + discos (“records (musical)”).


casera

From casa (“house”) + -era (“an inhabitant of”). Cf. also Latin casārius.

af

housekeeper (not including a hotel housekeeper or the like)


casera

From casar (“to marry”) + -era (“the desire to undertake an activity”).


casera

Inherited from Late Latin *casāria (“rustic house”), from Latin casa (“house”). Compare Occitan casièra.


alpinista

ca-noun

alpinista m or f by sense (plural alpinistes)


riera

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rīvāria, from the feminine of Vulgar Latin *rīvārius, from rīvus (“stream, channel”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reyH- (“boil, churn”).

gully, creek, arroyo (intermittent watercourse)


epístola

Borrowed from Late Latin epistola, from Ancient Greek ἐπιστολή (epistolḗ).

(Christianity) epistle (book of the New Testament)


altea

Borrowed from Spanish altea, from Latin althaea, from Ancient Greek ἀλθαία (althaía, “marshmallow”).

der

Althaea officinalis
Althaea officinalis#Translingual

Hibiscus syriacus
Hibiscus syriacus#Translingual


mújol

→ Spanish: mújol


coliflor

cauliflower coral mushroom (Ramaria botrytis)


tisi

Borrowed from Latin phthisis, from Ancient Greek φθῐ́σῐς (phthísis).


formatge

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum, from Latin fōrma. Compare French fromage.


sastre

ca-noun

sastre m (plural sastres, feminine sastressa)

→? Gascon: sastre

desctree

→ Spanish: sastre
Chavacano: sastre
→ Asturian: xastre
→ Galician: xastre
→ Ladino: shastre
→ Portuguese: xastre
→ Tagalog: sastre

Inherited from Old Catalan sartre, from Latin sartor via the nominative.


sogra

Inherited from Late Latin socra, from Latin socrus.


púrpura

Learned borrowing from Latin purpura, from Ancient Greek πορφύρα (porphúra). Doublet of porpra.


electricista

ca-noun

electricista m or f by sense (plural electricistes)


florista

florista m or f by sense (plural floristes)


gaveta

From Latin gabata, probably via Occitan.

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

(humorous) tricorn worn by the guardia civil


neozelandés

neozelandés m (plural neozelandesos, feminine neozelandesa)

neozelandesos (plural)
neozelandesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of neozelandès


braça

Inherited from Latin brachia, variant of bracchium (“forearm, cubit”), from Ancient Greek βραχίων (brakhíōn, “upper arm”).

der

(historical, measure) braza, a Spanish brace or fathom, a former unit of length


tapet

Borrowed from Spanish tapete, from Latin tapēs. Doublet of tapís.


simetria

Borrowed from Latin symmetria (“symmetry”), from Ancient Greek συμμετρία (summetría, “symmetry”), from σύμμετρος (súmmetros, “symmetrical”), from σύν (sún, “with”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”).


ferrer

ca-noun

ferrer m (plural ferrers, feminine ferrera)


suspens

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


loteria

Borrowed from French loterie or Spanish lotería.


pensador

pensador m (plural pensadors, feminine pensadora)


extremista

extremista m or f by sense (plural extremistes)


espectador

espectador m (plural espectadors, feminine espectadora)

espectadors (plural)
espectadora (feminine)


diftong

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δίφθογγος (díphthongos, “two sounds”).


móres

Pre-2016 spelling of mores (“mulberries; blackberries”).


ralinga

Borrowed from French ralingue, from Old Dutch râlîk.


cadira

Inherited from Vulgar Latin cathégra (compare Occitan cadièra, Portuguese cadeira, Lombard cadrega), from Latin cathedra (compare French chaire, whence also English chair), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “above”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “chair”). Doublet of the borrowing càtedra.

Ser per llogar-hi cadires

to be something so curious, incredible, or unheard to behold (an idiom, literally to be something to rent seats for)


pardal

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pardalus, from Ancient Greek πάρδαλος (párdalos), from πάρδαλις (párdalis, “panther”).


sentina

(nautical) bilge (lowest part of a ship)


randa

Possibly from Proto-Germanic *randō (“edge”), or from a Celtic source.


catarro

From Late Latin catarrhus, from Ancient Greek κατάρροος (katárrhoos, “catarrh, head cold”).


fiduciari

Borrowed from Latin fiduciārius (“held in trust”), derived from fiducia (“trust”).


grafia

spelling (a specific way a word is written)


violador

ca-noun

violador m (plural violadors, feminine violadora)

violator (someone who violates something)


favorit

favorit m (plural favorits, feminine favorita)


caparra

Related to Basque kaparra, Spanish garrapata.


adoratori

A small portable retable in the form of a diptych or triptych featuring religious images.


riu

Inherited from Old Catalan riu, from Vulgar Latin rius (“river”), from Latin rīvus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rih₂wós, from *h₃reyh₂- (“to flow; to move, set in motion”) + *-wós.


roina

From earlier roïna, from Latin ruīna (“fall of rain”). Doublet of ruïna.


neurona

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron). Probably influenced in form by French neurone.


ocra

From a West African language, perhaps via English okra.


túnica

(zoology) tunic (outer sheath of a tunicate)


porcellana

cowrie (gastropod of the family Cypraeidae, known for their glossy hard shells)


amígdala

From Latin amygdala. Doublet of ametlla and màndorla.


sofista

ca-noun

sofista m or f by sense (plural sofistes)


dolla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *dullia, a borrowing of Frankish *dullī (“pipe, tube, conduit”).


sacrilegi

sacrilege (desecration, profanation, misuse or violation of something regarded as sacred)


terapeuta

terapeuta m or f by sense (plural terapeutes)

From Ancient Greek θεραπευτής (therapeutḗs, “attendant”).


sinapsi

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


optimista

ca-noun

optimista m or f by sense (plural optimistes)


dramaturg

dramaturg m (plural dramaturgs, feminine dramaturga)

dramaturgs (plural)
dramaturga (feminine)

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

bor+

δραματουργός


pauta

Borrowed from Spanish pauta, from Latin pacta, plural of pactum. Doublet of pacte.


gelateria

From gelat (“ice cream”) + -eria (“-ery”).

M'agradaria anar a la gelateria.

I would like to go to the ice cream shop.

gelateria, a shop that sells gelat (ice cream)


vendaval

Borrowed from French vent d’aval, possibly via Spanish.


tarifa

tariff (schedule of rates, fees or prices)

fare (money paid for a transport ticket)


pirosi

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πύρωσις (púrōsis, “burning”).


aerobi

Borrowed from French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”).


aeronauta

ca-noun

aeronauta m or f by sense (plural aeronautes)


octava

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

bor+

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

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

(Christianity) octave, the day one week after a feast day, the eighth day counting inclusively in the Roman method

(Christianity) octave, the week beginning on a feast day, eight days counting inclusively in the Roman method

(prosody) octet, a stanza with eight lines

(historical) ochava, a traditional unit of mass equal to ⅛ of the Spanish ounce


pecador

ca-noun

pecador m (plural pecadors, feminine pecadora)

Inherited from Latin peccātōrem. By surface analysis, pecar + -dor.


ungla

Inherited from Old Catalan ungla, from Latin ungula, diminutive of unguis (“claw, hoof”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃negʰ-.


angaria

[əŋ.ɡəˈɾi.ə]

Learned borrowing from Late Latin angaria