cuina

Inherited from Old Catalan coïna (with stress subsequently moved to the first vowel), from older cozina, from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Compare Occitan cosina.


para-sol

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + sol (“sun”).


cirurgia

Borrowed from Latin chirurgia, from Ancient Greek χειρουργία (kheirourgía), from χείρ (kheír, “hand”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).


paracaigudes

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + caigudes (“falls”).


cappare

(botany) a plant's main shoot or tendril


propietat

Borrowed from Latin prōprietātem. Compare Spanish propiedad.

no tenia temps per respondre a tots sobre […] les seves propietats i particularitats

2009, Jean Grave, Les Aventures d'en Nono:

he didn't have enough time to reply to all the questions about […] their properties and particularities


possessió

Ownership; taking, holding, keeping something as one's own

A territory under the rule of another country

Believed affliction of being possessed by a demon or other supernatural entity

(linguistics) A syntactic relationship between two nouns or nominals that may be used to indicate ownership


enemic

ca-noun

enemic m (plural enemics, feminine enemiga)

Inherited from Latin inimīcus. Compare Occitan enemic.


raciocinació

Learned borrowing from Latin ratiōcinātiōnem.


residència

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin residentia.


paradís

Borrowed from Latin paradīsus, from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos).


comentari

Borrowed from Latin commentārius (“notebook”).


prelat

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praelātus, perfect passive participle of praeferō.


consistència

consistency (correspondence or compatibility)

consistency (the degree of viscosity of something)


alabastre

Probably borrowed from Latin alabastrum, from Ancient Greek ἀλάβαστρος (alábastros).


encarnació

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātiōnem.


procés

→ Spanish: procés


targeta de crèdit

ca-noun

targeta de crèdit f (plural targetes de crèdit)


targetes de crèdit

targeta de crèdit
targeta de crèdit#Catalan


àncora

Borrowed from Latin ancora, from Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura).


lliura

Inherited from Latin lībra (“Roman pound”). Cognate with Galician, Portuguese, and Spanish libra.

inh+

English or American pound, a unit of mass equivalent to 453.6 g

(historical) libra, Spanish pound, a traditional unit of mass equivalent to about 460 g

(chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar units of mass in other measurement systems

British pound, a unit of British currency, originally notionally equivalent to a pound of sterling silver

(chiefly historical) pound, any of various other similar currencies notionally equivalent to a pound of gold or silver


tresorer

ca-noun

tresorer m (plural tresorers, feminine tresorera)


destrer

From destre + -er, because a page would lead it using his right hand when the knight was no longer mounted.


manifestació

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


maduixa

At least two theories are suggested:
* From Basque mart- (“blackberry; bramble”), as in martotx (“bramble”), martsuts, martuza (“blackberry”). Basque also gave Aragonese martuel, Spanish madroño. Similar sense development in Galician amorodo, Portuguese morango (“strawberry”), both from amora (“blackberry; bramble”).
* From Gaulish *majoþa. Compare Occitan majofa, Lombard magiostra.
Note also Armenian մաթուզ (matʻuz).


esforç

Deverbal from esforçar. Compare Spanish esfuerzo, French effort, Portuguese esforço, Italian sforzo.


síndrome d'Estocolm

Calque of English Stockholm syndrome, derived from the Swedish Norrmalmstorgssyndromet.


positura

Learned borrowing from Latin positūra. Doublet of postura.


hedra

(Valencia, Western) Alternative form of heura (“ivy”)


inspirador

inspirador m (plural inspiradors, feminine inspiradora)

inspiradors (plural)
inspiradora (feminine)


fetge

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

der

(idiomatic) de sang i fetge

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

(idiomatic) treure el fetge

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

(idiomatic) posar-se pedres al fetge

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

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


solitud

aloneness, the state of being or living alone


wàter

Shortened form of English water closet; compare Spanish wáter.


dibuixant

ca-noun

dibuixant m or f by sense (plural dibuixants)


radioactivitat

radioactivitat f (plural radioactivitats)


lleó marí

[ʎəˈo məˈɾi]


mol·lusc

mol·lusc m (plural mol·luscs or mol·luscos)


primer ministre

primer ministre m (plural primers ministres, feminine primera ministra)

primers ministres (plural)
primera ministra (feminine)


emergència

Borrowed from Medieval Latin emergentia, from Latin emergentem.


soroll

From the verb sorollar (itself possibly from Latin sollicitāre crossed with titillicāre), possibly influenced by eixorellar.

“No tot és dolent. Ara hi ha menys soroll i descansem més. I si ha de venir turisme, que no siguin les escombraries”.

2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País:


terratrèmol

From Latin terrae tremor, from terrae, genitive form of terra (“earth”), and tremor (“trembling”). The final l is due to dissimilation.


treballador

treballador m (plural treballadors, feminine treballadora)

treballadors (plural)
treballadora (feminine)

[tɾə.βə.ʎəˈðo]

[tɾə.bə.ʎəˈðo]


acròbata

acròbata m or f by sense (plural acròbates)

[əˈkɾɔ.βə.tə]


sobreescalfament

sobreescalfament m (plural sobreescalfaments)


nucli

Borrowed from Latin nū̆cleus, diminutive of nux (“nut”).


vespre

Coordinate term: tarda


fosser

fosser m (plural fossers, feminine fossera)


manuella

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


supervivent

supervivent m or f by sense (plural supervivents)


conflagració

Borrowed from Latin cōnflagrātiōnem (“burning, conflagration”).


bombardeig

ca-noun

bombardeig m (plural bombardeigs or bombardejos)

bombardeigs (plural)
bombardejos (plural)


creuer

crossing, crossroads, intersection (an intersection where roads cross)

(tourism) cruise (a sea or lake voyage, especially one taken for pleasure)

cruise ship (a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are considered an essential part of the experience)

cruiser (a class of fast warships of medium tonnage, having a long cruising range but less armour and firepower than a battleship)


migcampista

migcampista m or f by sense (plural migcampistes)


manxec

manxec m (plural manxecs, feminine manxega)

native or inhabitant of La Mancha (male or of unspecified gender)


pèrdua

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *perdita, a noun based on the feminine of Latin perditus (“lost”), from perdere (“lose”). Compare Occitan pèrda~pèrdia, French perte, Spanish pérdida.


rossinyol

Perhaps from Old Occitan rossinhol, from Vulgar Latin *rusciniolus, from Vulgar Latin lusciniola, diminutive of Classical Latin luscinia.


llau

Inherited from Latin lābem (“collapse”).


llau

Inherited from Latin laudem, with a change in gender.


llista

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lista, from Frankish *līsta, from Proto-Germanic *līstǭ (“strip”).


bisa

From French bise or directly from Germanic.

bise (dry northerly or northeastern wind)


codi de barres

codi de barres m (plural codis de barres)


competició

Borrowed from Late Latin competītiōnem, from Latin competō.


càmera

Borrowed from English camera, from New Latin camera obscura (“dark chamber”), from Latin camera (“chamber, bedchamber”). Doublet of the inherited cambra.


segell

Inherited from Latin sigillum (compare French sceau, Spanish sello). Doublet of sigil.


frívol

Borrowed from Latin frīvolus (“silly, empty, trifling, frivolous, worthless”).


llibreter

ca-noun

llibreter m (plural llibreters, feminine llibretera)

llibreters (plural)
llibretera (feminine)

bookseller (a person engaged in the business of selling books)


llibreria

[ʎi.βɾəˈɾi.ə]

llibreria de vell

(proscribed, programming) library (collection of software routines)


tendons d'Aquil·les

tendó d'Aquil·les
tendó d'Aquil·les#Catalan


taló d'Aquil·les

taló d'Aquil·les m (plural talons d'Aquil·les)


talons d'Aquil·les

taló d'Aquil·les
taló d'Aquil·les#Catalan


tendó d'Aquil·les

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


ambaixador

ambaixador m (plural ambaixadors, feminine ambaixadora)

ambaixadors (plural)
ambaixadora (feminine)


pinso

Actualment, el gra de cereals destinat a l’alimentació animal, els pinsos, representa un 33% de la producció total arreu del món i és més del 40% en els països de la Unió Europea.

2008, Miquel Pujol i Palol, Les plantes cultivades. 1. Cereals, →ISBN, page 20:

Currently, cereal grain set aside for the feeding of animals, feed, represents 33% of the total global production, and it is more than 40% in the countries of the European Union.

feed (food given to (especially herbivorous) animals)


extracte

Borrowed from Latin extractus in the 20th century. Doublet of extret.

abstract (an abridgement or summary of a longer publication)

statement (document recording financial transactions)


botifarra

→ Spanish: butifarra

From Late Latin buttis (“cask, wineskin”).

(uncountable, card games) a Catalan card game

a Catalan hand gesture indicating disapproval


lluitador

lluitador m (plural lluitadors, feminine lluitadora)

lluitadors (plural)
lluitadora (feminine)

From lluitar + -dor, or from Latin luctātōrem.


lluita

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *lūcta, from Latin lūctor.


judici

Borrowed from Latin jūdicium, iūdicium. Compare the inherited doublet juí.


gaddafista

gaddafista m or f by sense (plural gaddafistes)


naixença

From the verb néixer (“to be born”), based on Latin nascentia (“birth”). Compare French naissance, Occitan naissença.


anunciant

anunciant m or f by sense (plural anunciants)


cordó umbilical

cordó umbilical m (plural cordons umbilicals)


duquessa

duquessa f (plural duquesses, masculine duc)

From duc (“duke”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


dia laborable

ca-noun

dia laborable m (plural dies laborables)


cordó

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

(castells) each of the concentric circles formed by castellers in the pinya


seguretat

Inherited from Old Catalan seguretat (also segurtat), from Latin sēcūritātem.


sirià

sirià m (plural sirians, feminine siriana)


parella

Substantivization of the feminine of Late Latin pariculus, diminutive of Latin pār. Compare Spanish pareja.

pair (set of two people or animals intended to do something together)

La Maria i el Joan fa poc que són parella.

Maria and Joan have only recently become mates.

couple (set of two people in a relationship)

pair (male and female of the same species)

En Miquel és la parella de na Maria.

Una parella d'asos.

(card games) pair (set of two cards with equal rank, but not necessarily the same suit)

Cartesian product
Cartesian product#English

(set theory) pair (each of the elements formed by the Cartesian product of two sets)


matinada

a les tres de la matinada


argentí

argentí m or f by sense (plural argentins)


turmell

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


ucàs

Borrowed from French ukase, from Russian.


proclamació

Borrowed from Late Latin proclāmātiōnem, from Latin proclāmō.


beatificació

Borrowed from Medieval Latin beātificātiōnem. By surface analysis, beatificar + -ció.


cerimònia

sense cerimònia


catòlic

ca-noun

catòlic m (plural catòlics, feminine catòlica)

Borrowed from Latin catholicus, from Ancient Greek καθολικός (katholikós).


fèretre

[ˈfɛ.ɾə.tɾə]

Borrowed from Latin ferētrum, from Ancient Greek φέρετρον (phéretron).


camp magnètic

camp magnètic m (plural camps magnètics)


camp elèctric

camp elèctric m (plural camps elèctrics)


Dia de la Mare

Dia de la Mare m (plural Dies de la Mare)


recapitulació

recapitulació f (plural recapitulacions)


nord-americà

nord-americà m (plural nord-americans, feminine nord-americana)

nord-americans (plural)
nord-americana (feminine)

American (person from the United States)


murcià

murcià m (plural murcians, feminine murciana)

Murcian (resident or native of the city or the region of Murcia)


murcià

Murcian (the variety of Ibero-Romance traditionally spoken in the region of Murcia)


saüc

Inherited from Latin sabūcus, variant of sambūcus (compare Occitan saüc, saiuc, sambuc, Spanish saúco).


subordinat

subordinat m (plural subordinats, feminine subordinada)

subordinats (plural)
subordinada (feminine)


enemic públic número u

enemic públic número u m (plural enemics públics número u)

public enemy number one
public enemy number one


assignatura

class, subject (particular area of study)


motlle

Inherited from Old Catalan motle, probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin modulus (compare French moule). Doublet of the borrowing mòdul.


dimoni

Borrowed from Latin daemonium, from Ancient Greek δαιμόνιον (daimónion), substantivised adjective from δαίμων (daímōn).


gegant

Inherited from Latin gigantem, from Ancient Greek γίγας (gígas, “giant”).

in Catalan festival processions, large papier-mâché figures of nobility


homeòpata

homeòpata m or f by sense (plural homeòpates)


psicòpata

psicòpata m or f by sense (plural psicòpates)

psycho (psychotic or otherwise insane person)


campanya

Ultimately from Late Latin campānia, from campāneus, from Latin campus; however the date of first attestation was relatively late, in 1523 (it may have been influenced by similar words in other languages; unlike them, however, the Catalan word does not have the sense of "open countryside"). Compare Occitan campanha, French champagne, Spanish campaña, Portuguese campanha, Italian campagna (possibly the source of the Catalan word). Doublet of xampany, taken from French.


llibret

an escalope of ham for making cordon bleu


farmacèutic

farmacèutic m (plural farmacèutics, feminine farmacèutica)

farmacèutics (plural)
farmacèutica (feminine)


gravetat

[ɡɾə.βəˈtat]

Probably a semi-learned term derived from Latin gravitātem. First appears 14th century.

gravity, the force of Earth's gravitation on things having weight or heaviness.


vetlla

watch (the act of guarding and observing someone or something)


acusat

acusat m (plural acusats, feminine acusada)


ostatge

ostatge m or f by sense (plural ostatges)


òrgan

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


humanoide

humanoide m or f by sense (plural humanoides)


quina

fivesome (a group of five people or things)

a game similar to bingo frequently played around Christmastime


quina

Borrowed from Spanish quina, from Quechua kina.

the bark of the cinchona tree, a natural source of quinine


genealogista

genealogista m or f by sense (plural genealogistes)


camp de batalla

camp de batalla m (plural camps de batalla)


joc de paraules

joc de paraules m (plural jocs de paraules)


arxiduquessa

arxiduquessa f (plural arxiduquesses, masculine arxiduc)

arxiduquesses (plural)
arxiduc (masculine)

From arxi- (“chief”) + duquessa (“duchess”).


atur

Deverbal from aturar (“to stop”); calque of Spanish paro.

L’impacte personal, social i econòmic de l’atur de llarga durada és inqüestionable, sobretot en una economia en la qual, tal com ressalta amb insistència el Banc d’Espanya, l’atur és el principal motor de la desigualtat de renda.

2019 August 21, Alicia Rodríguez de Paz, “La meitat dels aturats en nou autonomies són de llarga durada”, in La Vanguardia:

The personal, social, and economic impact of long-term unemployment is unquestionable, especially in an economy in which, just like the Bank of Spain insistently points out, unemployment is the main engine for income inequality.


nyu

Ultimately from Khoekhoe !nu:, mostly likely via Dutch gnoe.


guardapesca

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to protect”) + pesca (“fishing”).

ca-verb-obj

a fast, light boat used by game wardens to monitor compliance with fishing regulations


gres

From gresa (“granitic sand, sandy regolith”), variant form of greda (“clay”), or borrowed from French grès (“sandstone”).


zopilot

Borrowed from Spanish zopilote, from Nahuatl tzopilotl.


signe d'interrogació

ca-noun

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


contraespionatge

contraespionatge m (plural contraespionatges)


bacallà

From Dutch bakaliaw, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Latin baculum (“stick, staff”), referring to the way cod were split and dried on wooden sticks.
If the element *bak- is a metathesis of *kab- (compare French cabillaud and German Kabeljau from Dutch kabeljauw), then the original form of the word could have been *cabalao, maybe meaning "large-headed fish". First attested in 1640.
Cognate to Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Spanish bacalao.


impracticabilitat

impracticabilitat f (plural impracticabilitats)


impermeabilització

impermeabilització f (plural impermeabilitzacions)


istme

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


metatextualitat

metatextualitat f (plural metatextualitats)


predador

Borrowed from Latin praedātōrem, from praedor (“to acquire loot”).


coronació

Learned borrowing from Late Latin corōnātiōnem.


butxaca

Perhaps from Gaulish *bulga (“leather bag”), related to French bouge and English budget.


justificació

Borrowed from Late Latin justificationem < iustificatio, from iustifico, from Latin iustus.


tragèdia

[tɾəˈʒɛ.ði.ə]


cartutx

Borrowed from Spanish cartucho, borrowed from French cartouche, borrowed from Italian cartoccio (“paper bag”).


comèdia

Borrowed from Latin cōmoedia, from Ancient Greek κωμῳδία (kōmōidía).


rebuig

refuse (items or material that have been discarded)

(soccer) clearance, clearing (the act of kicking a ball away from the goal one is defending)


llebre

Inherited from Old Catalan lebre from Latin leporem.


clàmide

Borrowed from Ancient Greek χλαμύς (khlamús).


islamita

ca-noun

islamita m or f by sense (plural islamites)


orgull

→ Spanish: orgullo

→ Old Galician-Portuguese: orgullo

Portuguese: orgulho

Galician: orgullo

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *orgollium, borrowed from Proto-West Germanic *uʀgōllju.


dragó de Komodo

dragó de Komodo m (plural dragons de Komodo)


quilogram

From quilo- + gram, calqued from French kilogramme.


guanyador

guanyador m (plural guanyadors, feminine guanyadora)

guanyadors (plural)
guanyadora (feminine)


suís

suís m (plural suïssos, feminine suïssa)


vicepresidència

vicepresidència f (plural vicepresidències)

From vice- + presidència or from vicepresident + -cia.


presoner

presoner m (plural presoners, feminine presonera)


profunditat

Borrowed from Latin profunditātem. Equivalent to profund + -itat.


tunisià

tunisià m (plural tunisians, feminine tunisiana)


presó

Inherited from Old Catalan preso, from Latin prehēnsiōnem. Doublet of prensió.


vaixell

Inherited from Old Catalan vaxell, from Late Latin vāscellum, diminutive of vās (“vessel”). Compare Occitan vaissèl, French vaisseau. Was an old-fashioned word until about 1990, when it was used to replaced barco, which was felt to be too Castilian.


traïdor

traïdor m (plural traïdors, feminine traïdora)


rescatador

rescatador m (plural rescatadors, feminine rescatadora)

rescatadors (plural)
rescatadora (feminine)


pal·ladianisme

pal·ladianisme m (plural pal·ladianismes)


becari

becari m (plural becaris, feminine becària)


flamenc

flamenc m (plural flamencs, feminine flamenca)


bixa

Bixa orellana
Bixa orellana#Translingual


bóta

Pre-2016 spelling of bota (“barrel, cask; wineskin”).


distribuïdor

distribuïdor m (plural distribuïdors, feminine distribuïdora)

distribuïdors (plural)
distribuïdora (feminine)


col·lectivitat

col·lectivitat f (plural col·lectivitats)


hoteler

hoteler m (plural hotelers, feminine hotelera)


estereotip

Borrowed from French stéréotype, equivalent to estereo- + -tip.


servei

From Old Catalan servey, from Latin servitium. Doublet of servici, an early borrowing from Latin.


esquena

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

Sento dolor a les esquenes.


obertura

Inherited from Old Catalan obertura, from Vulgar Latin *opertūra (compare Occitan obertura~dobertura, French ouverture), alteration of Latin apertūra (compare Spanish abertura). By surface analysis, obert + -ura. Doublet of the borrowed form apertura. The sense of "aperture" was a later learned development or borrowing.


pesat

pesat m (plural pesats, feminine pesada)

(colloquial) pain, annoyance, pain in the ass


gruix

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *grossiēs, from Latin grossus.

El gruix dels manlleus documentats, en canvi, provenen del castellà.

2018, Manuel Pérez Saldanya, Rafael Roca Ricart, editors, Del manuscrit a la paraula digital, John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN, page 369:


espai

space (physical extent across two or three dimensions)

space (physical extent in all directions)

space (the near-vacuum in which planets, stars and other celestial objects are situated)

space (a gap in text between words, lines etc.)


menut

Inherited from Old Catalan menut, from Latin minūtus. Doublet of minut.


menut

menut m (plural menuts, feminine menuda)


província

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


xona

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


terreny

Inherited from Old Catalan terreny, from some Vulgar Latin form such as *terrignum, *terrĭnĕus, or *terrēnĕus. In any case, ultimately from Latin terra (“land”).


orfe

orfe m (plural orfes or òrfens, feminine òrfena)

orfes (plural)
òrfens (plural)
òrfena (feminine)

From Late Latin orphanus, from Ancient Greek ὀρφανός (orphanós).


comissari

comissari m (plural comissaris, feminine comissària)

comissaris (plural)
comissària (feminine)


pestanya

Probably borrowed via Basque from Vulgar Latin *pistanna, from an uncertain Indo-European language, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pstḗn (“teat, nipple”); compare Proto-Germanic *spenô (“nipple”) and Ancient Greek στῆθος (stêthos, “breast, chest”). Related to Spanish pestaña.

cog

graphical user interface
graphical user interface


addicció

Borrowed from Latin addictiōnem; cf. addicte.


mentida

Inherited from Latin mentita, feminine form of the perfect passive participle of mentīrī (“to lie”).


guitarres acústiques

guitarra acústica
guitarra acústica#Catalan


guitarra elèctrica

ca-noun

guitarra elèctrica f (plural guitarres elèctriques)


guitarres elèctriques

guitarra elèctrica
guitarra elèctrica#Catalan


diabètic

diabètic m (plural diabètics, feminine diabètica)


acordionista

acordionista m or f by sense (plural acordionistes)


instruments musicals

instrument musical
instrument musical#Catalan


instrument musical

instrument musical m (plural instruments musicals)


glàndula

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


guitarra acústica

guitarra acústica f (plural guitarres acústiques)


espadatxí

Borrowed from Spanish espadachín, from Italian spadaccino.


antiheroi

antiheroi m (plural antiherois, feminine antiheroïna)

antiherois (plural)
antiheroïna (feminine)


banquer

banquer m (plural banquers, feminine banquera)


masmorra

Borrowed from Spanish mazmorra, from Arabic مَطْمُورَة (maṭmūra).


fustet

→ Spanish: fustete

→ Portuguese: fustete

Inherited from Old Catalan fustet, from Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq, “pistachio”). Doublet of festuc and pistatxo.

Cotinus coggygria
Cotinus coggygria#Translingual

Maclura tinctoria
Wikispecies:Maclura tinctoria

Rhus coriaria
Rhus coriaria#Translingual

chopped-up wood of the sumac (Rhus coriaria)


fustet

a certain size of wooden beam, varying between 30 and 32 pam of length, and about 1 pam thick and 1+1/4 pam wide.


arquitecte

arquitecte m (plural arquitectes, feminine arquitecta)

arquitectes (plural)
arquitecta (feminine)


angèlica

angelica (any of various species in the genus Angelica)


històric

(computing) history (record of previous user events)


històric

històric m or f by sense (plural històrics)


funció

function (what something does or is used for)

function (a professional or official position)

(mathematics) function (a relation in which each element of the domain is associated with exactly one element of the codomain)

(biology) function (the physiological activity of an organ or body part)

(chemistry) function (the characteristic behavior of a chemical compound)


normalització

normalització f (plural normalitzacions)


nuvi

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *novius (“newly wed”). Doublet of nòvio.


néta

Pre-2016 spelling of neta (“granddaughter”).


òrbita

orbit (the path of one object around another)


desconegut

ca-noun

desconegut m (plural desconeguts, feminine desconeguda)

desconeguts (plural)
desconeguda (feminine)


halitosi

Gràcies a l'habilitat d'un infermer amb halitosi, vaig maintenir algunes—no gaires—constants vitals.

2006, Sergi Pàmies, “L'altra vida”, in Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes:


kàiser

Borrowed from German Kaiser, Middle High German keiser, from Old High German keisur, keisar, from Proto-Germanic *kaisaraz, from Latin Caesar (“Caesar”). Doublet of Cèsar and tsar.


fàbrica

Borrowed from Latin fabrica. Compare the inherited doublet farga, and also forja, from French.


padrí

padrí m (plural padrins, feminine padrina)

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin patrīnus (“godfather”), from Latin pater (“father”).


joventut

Inherited from Old Catalan joventut, from Latin iuventūtem. Compare Occitan joventut, Spanish juventud, Italian gioventù.


padrina

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin patrīna.


magatzem

Ultimately from Arabic مَخَازِن (maḵāzin).
Compare Spanish almacén, Portuguese armazém, English magazine.


ràbia

Inherited from Late Latin rabia, from Classical Latin rabiēs.


pacana

Borrowed from Algonquian, probably via French pacane.


recull

collection (amount of material procured together)


consum

consumption (the act of eating, drinking, or using)


baix saxó

Tradicionalment, les parles alemanyes, algunes d'elles pràcticament inintel·ligibles entre si, s'han dividit en baix alemany (baix fràncic i baix saxó), alemany mitjà (fràncic mitjà i alt saxó) i alt alemany (alt fràncic, alamànic i austrobavarés).

2019, Vicenta Tasa Fuster, Llengua i estat: Suïssa i Espanya davant la diversitat lingüística:


baix

Inherited from Late Latin bassus. Compare Occitan baish.

bass (instrument that plays in the bass range)

(castells) a casteller at the base of each of the columns that make up the tronc, supporting one of the segons on his or her shoulders


sol·licitud

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

application (a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar)


barcelonista

ca-noun

barcelonista m or f by sense (plural barcelonistes)

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


catalanisme

From català (“Catalan”) + -isme (“-ism”).

Coordinate term: catalanitat

Fins i tot el PSC ha patit electoralment per les seves dificultats a l’hora de delimitar catalanisme de nacionalisme com a idea que tota nació té dret a autodeterminar-se com a Estat.

2018 October 15, Valentí Puig, “Catalanisme ‘ma non troppo’”, in El País, retrieved 2020-11-21:

Catalanism (patriotic feeling of being Catalan)

Catalanism (word or phrase typically used in Catalan-speaking areas)


setmaner

setmaner m (plural setmaners, feminine setmanera)


carbó

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


setmanari

Coordinate term: diari

weekly (publication released every week)


gerra

Borrowed from Arabic جَرَّة (jarra, “earthern receptacle”).


energia cinètica

ca-noun

energia cinètica f (plural energies cinètiques)


compressió

(automotive) The cycle of an internal combustion engine during which the fuel and air mixture is compressed.

compression, the act of compressing, the state of being compressed, the effect of having been compressed


prostitució

Borrowed from Latin prōstitūtiōnem. First attested in 1696.


premsa

bona premsa


martell

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


vel·leïtat

Borrowed from Medieval Latin velleitātem.

bor+

No perquè la dona tingui vel·leïtats ètiques, sinó perquè, lamentablement per la resolució del tràngol en què es troba, hi ha un odi mutu que dura des del mateix dia que es van conèixer.

1993, Quim Monzó, “L'honestedat”, in El perquè de tot plegat, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, →ISBN, page 14:


parc d'atraccions

ca-noun

parc d'atraccions m (plural parcs d'atraccions)


socialisme democràtic

democratic socialism
democratic socialism


australià

australià m (plural australians, feminine australiana)

australians (plural)
australiana (feminine)


avantatge

Inherited from Old Catalan auantatge, from Vulgar Latin *abantāticum. By surface analysis, avant (“forward, ahead”) + -atge.


fitxa

Borrowed from Spanish ficha, from French fiche.

fitxa de telèfon

(board games) counter, piece, (poker) chip, (dominos) domino


clixé

Borrowed from French cliché, past participle of clicher (“to stereotype”).


paròdia

[pəˈɾɔ.ði.ə]

Borrowed from Latin parōdia, from Ancient Greek παρῳδία (parōidía, “parody”), from παρά (pará, “besides”) + ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”).


crític

ca-noun

crític m (plural crítics, feminine crítica)


ufana

pride (a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction)


baptisme

Probably borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin baptismum, from Ancient Greek βαπτισμός (baptismós).


escriptura

Borrowed from Latin scriptūra. Compare Occitan escritura, French écriture, Spanish escritura. Cf. also Catalan escrit.


grup sanguini

grup sanguini m (plural grups sanguinis)


empleat

empleat m (plural empleats, feminine empleada)


immortalitat

Borrowed from Latin immortālitātem, from immortal + -itat.


mortalitat

Borrowed from Latin mortālitātem, from mortal + -itat.


fruiter

fruiter m (plural fruiters, feminine fruitera)


rentat de cervell

rentat de cervell m (plural rentats de cervell)


sarau

Borrowed from Spanish sarao, from Portuguese serão or Galician sarao (“party or gathering held in the evening”).


pèr

Inherited from Old Catalan pèr (“cauldron”), from Vulgar Latin *parium, from Transalpine Gaulish parios, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos. Cognate to Irish coire, Welsh pair.


llangardaix

[ʎəŋ.ɡərˈdaʃ]

[ʎaŋ.ɡaɾˈðajʃ]

Blend of llagart + fardaix. The /n/ was possibly introduced through the influence of sargantana.

Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico


fotògraf

ca-noun

fotògraf m (plural fotògrafs, feminine fotògrafa)


islamòfob

islamòfob m (plural islamòfobs, feminine islamòfoba)

islamòfobs (plural)
islamòfoba (feminine)


xocolater

xocolater m (plural xocolaters, feminine xocolatera)

xocolaters (plural)
xocolatera (feminine)


cargola

storksbill (various flowering plants of the genus Erodium)


cargolí

a small snail, especially the common periwinkle (Littorina littorea)


tractament

treatment (manner of processing something)


escalinata

a grand staircase, especially one exterior to a building


deficiència

Borrowed from Latin dēficientia. Compare French déficience, Italian deficienza, Portuguese deficiência, Spanish deficiencia.


llauna

Inherited from Latin lamina, either via dissimilation to *labina or contraction to *lamna and subsequent vocalization of m.


amarant

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀμάραντος (amárantos).


suro

→ Spanish: zuro


atracció

attraction, the tendency to attract, the effect thereof

attraction, the feeling of being attracted

a game or machine in a funfair or an amusement park

an event or location that draws interest from visitors

(linguistics) a linguistic phenomenon that extends a morphological feature from one word in a sentence to another


lucioperca

From the species name, Sander lucioperca.


pamplonés

ca-noun

pamplonés m (plural pamplonesos, feminine pamplonesa)

pamplonesos (plural)
pamplonesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of pamplonès


afganès

afganès m (plural afganesos, feminine afganesa)


aperitiu

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aperitīvus, from Late Latin apertīvus (“opening”), from aperiō (“I open”).


seqüela

Borrowed from Latin sequēla. In the sense of "sequel", a semantic loan from English sequel.

Dels seus anys de missioner esperità a Angola--on va arribar per primera vegada fa 50 anys, coincidint amb la independència del país africà--i de les recurrents infeccions de paludisme i refredats mal curats li ha quedat com a seqüela física una tos persistent.

2015 February 13, Gemma Tramullas, “Víctor Cabezas:«¡Desperteu-vos, esglésies! ¡Deixeu de mirar-vos el melic!»”, in El Periódico:

From his years as a Spiritan missionary in Angola--where he arrived for the first time 50 years ago, coinciding with the independence of that African country--and the recurring infections of malaria and badly-treated colds, he has kept as a physical sequela a persistent cough.


portaveu

ca-noun

portaveu m or f by sense (plural portaveus)

Verb-object compound, composed of porta (“to carry”) + veu (“voice”).


provocador

ca-noun

provocador m (plural provocadors, feminine provocadora)

provocadors (plural)
provocadora (feminine)


matriarca

From Latin māter, mātris (“mother”) + -arca, on the model of patriarca.


fre

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


alcaldia

mayory, mayor's office, city hall, town hall


fitxatge

(sports) fee (price cost to sign a player)


alcaldessa

From alcalde (“mayor”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).

suffix

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

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

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

female equivalent of alcalde, (female) mayor


intensitat

From intens + -itat. Cf. also Medieval Latin intensitas.


merla

ca-noun

merla f (plural merles, masculine merlot)

Inherited from Old Catalan merla, from Latin merula. Compare Occitan mèrla, Spanish mierla.


mineralogista

mineralogista m or f by sense (plural mineralogistes)


mogol

Borrowed from French moghol, from Persian مغول (moğul), from Middle Mongol ᠮᠣᠩᠭᠤᠯ (mongɣul). Doublet of mongol.


morella

Inherited from Latin mōrāria, from mōrus (“mulberry tree”).

Solanum nigrum
Solanum nigrum#Translingual


morella

Alteration of earlier molella. Compare Spanish molleja.


grenlandés

grenlandés m (plural grenlandesos, feminine grenlandesa)

grenlandesos (plural)
grenlandesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of grenlandès


apògraf

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀπόγραφον (apógraphon), from ἀπογράφω (apográphō, “to copy”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, away from”) + γράφω (gráphō, “to write”).


diaca

Semi-learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin diaconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos).


escenari

Borrowed from Italian scenario, from Late Latin scaenārium.


ardiaca

From Late Latin archidiaconus. Compare French archidiacre, Spanish arcediano, Italian arcidiacono.


màquines de cosir

màquina de cosir
màquina de cosir#Catalan


màquina de cosir

ca-noun

màquina de cosir f (plural màquines de cosir)


matèria

Learned borrowing from Latin māteria. Doublet of madeira.


màrtir

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ (mártur).


metall preciós

ca-noun

metall preciós m (plural metalls preciosos)


làpida

Probably from Italian lapide, from Latin lapis. Doublet of llapis.


libèl·lula

Borrowed from New Latin lībellula, diminutive of lībella (“builder's level”).


lliri

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin līlium.


revolucionari

ca-noun

revolucionari m (plural revolucionaris, feminine revolucionària)

revolucionaris (plural)
revolucionària (feminine)


nariu

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


niella

Inherited from Late Latin nigella, substantivization of the feminine of Latin nigellus (“blackish”), so-named on account of its tiny black seeds.

Agrostemma githago
Agrostemma githago#Translingual

Nigella damascena
Nigella damascena#Translingual


botiga

Inherited from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη (apothḗkē). Doublet of bodega, which was borrowed from Spanish. Compare Old Occitan botica.


nostàlgic

nostàlgic m (plural nostàlgics, feminine nostàlgica)

nostàlgics (plural)
nostàlgica (feminine)

[…] perquè la coalició treballosament moderada amb què s'ha presentat a les últimes eleccions amb prou feines compta amb un grapat de parlamentaris, la seva imatge pública ja no és la d'un nostàlgic incurable del franquisme: […]

2012, Esther Roig, Anatomia d'un instant, Penguin Random House, translation of original by Javier Cercas, →ISBN:


il·lusió

Borrowed from Latin illūsiōnem. Compare Spanish ilusión.


iber

Learned borrowing from Latin Hibērī, from Ancient Greek Ἴβηρες (Íbēres), ultimately from a native Celtiberian name for the river *Ibēr.


operista

operista m or f by sense (plural operistes)


nétes

Pre-2016 spelling of netes (“granddaughters”).


companyia

company (social visitors and companions)


neboda

neboda f (plural nebodes, masculine nebot)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *nepōta, feminized counterpart of Latin nepōtem (“nephew”). Compare Occitan neboda, Romanian nepoată.


negoci

Borrowed from Latin negōtium, possibly a semi-learned term. First attested in the 14th century.


nebot

nebot m (plural nebots, feminine neboda)

Inherited from Old Catalan nebot, from Latin nepōtem, from Proto-Italic *nepōts, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

Coordinate term: nét


cantautor

cantautor m (plural cantautors, feminine cantautora)

cantautors (plural)
cantautora (feminine)


microones

forn de microones
forn de microones#Catalan

Ellipsis of forn de microones.; microwave oven


teràpia

From Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía, “service, medical treatment”), from θεραπεύω (therapeúō, “to serve, treat medically”).


osseta

Ossetian (native or inhabitant of Ossetia)


bauprés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bauprès


patena

Learned borrowing from Ecclesiastical Latin patēna, from Classical Latin patina. Doublet of pàtina.


parodista

ca-noun

parodista m or f by sense (plural parodistes)


pediluvi

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pediluvium.


arpó

From arpa + -ó. Compare Old French harpon, source of English harpoon.


pimpinella

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin pimpinella.


columnes vertebrals

columna vertebral
columna vertebral#Catalan


varietat

variety (a specific variation of something)


granades

[ɡɾəˈna.ðəs]


símptoma

From Ancient Greek σύμπτωμα (súmptōma, “a happening, accident, symptom of disease”).


sintaxi

Borrowed from Latin syntaxis, from Ancient Greek σῠ́ντᾰξῐς (súntaxis).


superstició

Borrowed from Latin superstitiōnem. First attested in 1653.


estrofa

From Latin stropha, from Ancient Greek στροφή (strophḗ, “turning”).


portella

wicket (small door inside a larger door or window)


diferència

Borrowed from Latin differentia. Cognate with Occitan diferéncia.


gràfic

Borrowed from Latin graphĭcus, from Ancient Greek γρᾰφῐκός (graphikós).


negociant

ca-noun

negociant m or f by sense (plural negociants)

Borrowed from Latin negōtiantem. Equivalent to negociar + -ant.


màquines expenedores

màquina expenedora
màquina expenedora#Catalan


màquina expenedora

màquina expenedora f (plural màquines expenedores)


dígit

Doublet of dit. Cognate with Spanish and Portuguese dígito and Spanish, Portuguese, and Galician dedo.


estanquer

estanquer m (plural estanquers, feminine estanquera)

estanquers (plural)
estanquera (feminine)


préstec

From earlier préstet, from Latin praestitum.

biblioteca de préstec


tabacaire

tabacaire m or f by sense (plural tabacaires)


cigarrera

someone who makes or produces cigars or cigarettes


tabaquer

tabaquer m (plural tabaquers, feminine tabaquera)


entorn

els entorns del poble

entorn social


protestatari

protestatari m (plural protestataris, feminine protestatària)

protestataris (plural)
protestatària (feminine)

un grup de protestataris


pallissa

Inherited from Old Catalan palissa (“fence, palisade”) (especially in the context of jousting), either borrowed from Spanish paliza or an indigenous formation, in either case etymologically Latin pālus (“stake”) and perhaps -icea. The change from /l/ to /ʎ/ is likely by analogy with lliça or vall.


respectabilitat

ca-noun

respectabilitat f (plural respectabilitats)


socialdemòcrata

socialdemòcrata m or f by sense (plural socialdemòcrates)


escàndol

Inherited from Old Catalan escàndel, from Latin scandalum, from Ancient Greek σκάνδαλον (skándalon, “a trap laid for an enemy, a cause of moral stumbling”).


recordista

ca-noun

recordista m or f by sense (plural recordistes)


jueu

Inherited from Old Catalan juheu, from Latin iūdaeus.


col·lisionador

col·lisionador m (plural col·lisionadors)


experimentació

experimentació f (plural experimentacions)


experimentalisme

experimentalisme m (plural experimentalismes)


discrepància

Learned borrowing from Latin discrepantia.


drecera

From dreçar (cf. adreçar), or possibly a Vulgar Latin *d(ē)rēctiāria, from Latin dīrectus.


desenvolupament

ca-noun

desenvolupament m (plural desenvolupaments)


superioritat

Borrowed from Medieval Latin superioritātem, from Latin superior.


físic

ca-noun

físic m (plural físics, feminine física)

Borrowed from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φυσικός (phusikós).


experimentador

experimentador m (plural experimentadors, feminine experimentadora)

experimentadors (plural)
experimentadora (feminine)


ginebrí

ginebrí m (plural ginebrins, feminine ginebrina)


relativista

relativista m or f by sense (plural relativistes)


qüestionari

Borrowed from Late Latin quaestionārius, from quaestiono, from Latin quaestiō.


cornisa

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís).


simulacre

Borrowed from Latin simulācrum (“image”).

drill (activity done in preparation for a possible future event)


progrés

Borrowed from Latin prōgressus. First attested in the 15th century.

Al principi un té la sensació que farà el que pugui, però a poc a poc vas veient els teus propis progressos i això et comença a incentivar i t'enganxa.

2016 December 13, “Ana Morgade: "A l'arribar a Barcelona vaig aprendre català"”, in El Periódico:

At first one has the feeling that they will do what they can, but little by little you see your own progress and that starts to incentivize you and you get hooked.


troca

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


pa amb tomàquet

→ Spanish: pan tumaca

a Catalonian dish consisting of a slice of bread soaked in tomato, seasoned with olive oil and salt


salangana

swiftlet (small swift in the tribe Collocaliini)


esperances de vida

esperança de vida
esperança de vida#Catalan


esperança de vida

ca-noun

esperança de vida f (plural esperances de vida)


sariga

Borrowed from French sarigue, from Portuguese sariguê, from Old Tupi sariwé, sarigwé.


bel·ligerent

bel·ligerent m or f by sense (plural bel·ligerents)


raonament

From raonar + -ment. Compare French raisonnement. More at raó.


imparcialitat

impartiality (quality of being impartial)


il·lustració

illustration (picture, image, depiction)


asterisc

asterisc m (plural asteriscs or asteriscos)

Borrowed from Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos).


tranquil·litat

tranquil·litat f (plural tranquil·litats)


priapisme

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πριαπισμός (priapismós).

bor+

El priapisme és una erecció mantinguda i dolorosa del penis, sense relació amb l'estímul sexual.

Priapism is a sustained and painful erection of the penis unrelated to sexual stimulation.


voluntat

In its current form, a semi-learned term taken from Latin voluntātem. Old Catalan volentat may have been inherited, however.


entretemps

From entre + temps. Compare Spanish entretiempo, Belgian French entre-saison.

una jaqueta d'entretemps

the transitional time of year between the extremes of summer and winter; spring and autumn


descobriment

From descobrir (“to discover”) + -ment (suffix forming a noun).


ignorància

ignorance (quality of not knowing something)


viatger

ca-noun

viatger m (plural viatgers, feminine viatgera)


palestí

palestí m (plural palestins, feminine palestina)


ratlla

Uncertain. From Old Catalan ralla, raylla; perhaps a Deverbal from ratllar, from Vulgar Latin *rallare or *radulare.

llegir entre ratlles

fer quatre ratlles

to write a short text (quatre ~ four used as an indeterminate number or a few)

passar ratlla

passar de la ratlla

to be out of line, to cross the line, to go over the top, to break the rules


israelià

israelià m (plural israelians, feminine israeliana)

israelians (plural)
israeliana (feminine)


pinya

(castells) the base of a castell, formed of tightly packed castellers who help to support the central trunk and provide safety in case of a collapse


centrecampista

centrecampista m or f by sense (plural centrecampistes)


bòlid

(astronomy) bolide (extremely bright meteor)


dièresi

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


preferència

Borrowed from Medieval Latin praeferentia.

d'altres s'afartaven del que de moment era l'objecte de la seva preferència

Others gorged themselves on whichever one was at that moment their preference


restricció

Borrowed from Late Latin restrictiōnem, from Latin restringō.


rostre

Borrowed from Old Spanish rostro, from Latin rostrum. First attested in the 14th century.


exercici

exercicis gimnàstics


bascoparlant

ca-noun

bascoparlant m or f by sense (plural bascoparlants)


meravella

[mə.ɾəˈβɛ.ʎə]

[mə.ɾəˈvə.ʎə]


sínia

noria, sakia (a scoop wheel powered by water or draught animals)


demandat

demandat m (plural demandats, feminine demandada)


tastet

El perfil, molt breu, i la reedició de l'assaig són un preludi del que vindrà. De moment, només un tastet: Puigdemont encara ha d'escriure algunes pàgines en la seva trajectòria com a president perquè se'n facin retrats més a fons, perfils crítics i assajos.

2016 March 8, Maiol Roger, “El món de Puigdemont”, in El País:

The profile, very brief, and the reissue of the essay are a prelude of what is to come. For now, just a little taste: Puigdemont still has to write a few pages in his career as president to make more in-depth portraits, critical profiles, and essays.


dermatòleg

dermatòleg m (plural dermatòlegs, feminine dermatòloga)

dermatòlegs (plural)
dermatòloga (feminine)


dissenyador

dissenyador m (plural dissenyadors, feminine dissenyadora)

dissenyadors (plural)
dissenyadora (feminine)


vàlvula

Borrowed from Latin valvula, diminutive of valva.


disc dur

disc dur m (plural discs durs or discos durs)

discs durs (plural)
discos durs (plural)


iraquià

iraquià m (plural iraquians, feminine iraquiana)


sisme

from Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “shaking, earthquake”).


lliçó

Inherited from Latin lēctiōnem. First attested in the 14th century.


aviació

Borrowed from French aviation. First attested in 1863.


floració

(chiefly botany) flowering (of a plant, the act of producing flowers)


paràbola

Borrowed from Late Latin parabola, from Ancient Greek παραβολή (parabolḗ). Doublet of paraula, which was inherited. The mathematical sense is taken from New Latin or directly from Greek.


emú

Borrowed from Portuguese ema, possibly with influence of nyandú (“rhea”).


particularitat

ca-noun

particularitat f (plural particularitats)


harpia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἅρπυιᾰ (Hárpuia).


senyoreta

Mediterranean rainbow wrasse (Coris julis)

Aegithalos caudatus
Aegithalos caudatus#Translingual


senyora

ca-noun

senyora f (plural senyores, masculine senyor)


senyor

senyor m (plural senyors, feminine senyora)

Inherited from Old Catalan senyor, from Latin seniōrem (literally “elder”).


subterfugi

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin subterfugium, from Latin subterfugiō (“to flee secretly”).


unanimitat

per unanimitat


continuació

continuation (something which continues)


enterrador

ca-noun

enterrador m (plural enterradors, feminine enterradora)

enterradors (plural)
enterradora (feminine)

burier; interrer (one who buries a cadaver)


primogènit

primogènit m (plural primogènits, feminine primogènita)

primogènits (plural)
primogènita (feminine)


privació

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


suïcida

suïcida m or f by sense (plural suïcides)


cimera

La Cimera Iberoamericana


impossibilitat

impossibilitat f (plural impossibilitats)

impossibility (state of quality of being impossible)


justícia

Borrowed from Latin iūstitia. Cf. also justesa.


carabassa

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly non-Indo-European. From the reconstructed term *carapaccia (or *calapaccia: compare Spanish calabaza and Portuguese cabaça), denoting the envelope or shell of certain plants and animals. See also clàpet. First attested in 1272.


ingeni

Borrowed from Spanish ingenio (azucarero), from Latin ingenium. Doublet of enginy, an inherited word.

bor+

(historical) engenho (a sugar mill in Colonial Latin America)


gla

Inherited from Old Catalan glan~aglan, from Latin glandem. Doublet of the borrowed anatomical term gland.


infinitat

(figuratively) a large amount; a large number


estepa

Borrowed from French steppe, from Russian степь (stepʹ).


estepa

From a Hispanic Vulgar Latin *stippa of uncertain, probably pre-Roman origin.

(botany) rockrose (any of various flowering plants in the genus Cistus)


estepa

Borrowed from Middle English steppe (“step”).


subscriptor

ca-noun

subscriptor m (plural subscriptors, feminine subscriptora)

subscriptors (plural)
subscriptora (feminine)


joves

jóvens

especially in Ibiza, Valencia and certain other Western areas


ració

Borrowed from Latin ratiōnem, whence also Catalan raó, an inherited doublet.


cavaller

Inherited from Late Latin caballārius (“horseman”), from Latin caballus (“horse”). Compare Occitan cavalièr, French chevalier, Spanish caballero.


línia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of the inherited llinya. Cognate with Spanish and Galician liña, Spanish línea, and Portuguese linha.


prohibició

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


hevea

From the genus name Hevea, from Quechua hyeve (“rubber tree”).


oriol

Inherited from Latin aureolus (“golden”).


disc compacte

ca-noun

disc compacte m (plural discs compactes or discos compactes)

discs compactes (plural)
discos compactes (plural)


disc flexible

disc flexible m (plural discs flexibles or discos flexibles)

discs flexibles (plural)
discos flexibles (plural)


pensament

From pensar + -ment. Compare Spanish pensamiento, Portuguese pensamento.

Tothom té a vegades pensaments negatius.

Everyone sometimes has negative thoughts.


alegries

Quan els explicava les alegries d'Autonomia […] tots escoltaven encantats

When he explained to them the joys of Autonomia […] they all listened enchanted


limfa

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


míssil

Borrowed from English missile, from Latin missilis.


substitut

substitut m (plural substituts, feminine substituta)

substituts (plural)
substituta (feminine)

Borrowed from Latin substitūtum, perfect passive participle of substituō (“to substitute”).


presonera

female equivalent of presoner (“prisoner”)


audició

Acabada l'audició de testimonis

Having finished the hearing of the witnesses


vedat

vedat de caça

preserve, refuge (area where hunting and fishing is prohibited)


aturat

aturat m (plural aturats, feminine aturada)


xampú

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


glàndula sebàcia

ca-noun

glàndula sebàcia f (plural glàndules sebàcies)


glàndules sebàcies

glàndula sebàcia
glàndula sebàcia#Catalan


obrer

obrer m (plural obrers, feminine obrera)

Inherited from Old Catalan obrer, from Latin operārius. Compare Occitan obrièr, French ouvrier, Spanish obrero. Doublet of operari, a borrowing from Latin.


orval

From Latin aurum valet (literally “it is worth gold”), folk etymology for Latin auris galli (“cock's ear”), from auris (“ear”) and galli, genitive of gallus (“cock”). Compare French orvale (“clary sage”).

der

Withania somnifera
Withania somnifera#Translingual

shrubby St. John's wort (Hypericum androsaemum)

black-crowned night heron
black-crowned night heron


melilot

Melilotus officinalis
Wikispecies:Melilotus officinalis

melilot, sweet clover (any plant of the genus Melilotus, especially Melilotus officinalis or sweet yellow clover)


popet

Vam entrar al Monumental a fer el vermut i menjar popets.

1962, Mercè Rodereda, La plaça del diamant:

We went into the Monumental to have aperitifs and eat octopus.

The young of the curled octopus (Eledone cirrhosa) eaten as food.


adorador

ca-noun

adorador m (plural adoradors, feminine adoradora)

adorer; worshipper (someone who adores, worships)


formalitat

formality (quality of being formal; formalness)


crueltat

Inherited from Latin crūdēlitātem. Corresponds to cruel + -tat.


digestió

Learned borrowing from Latin digestiōnem.


fredor

From fred (“cold”) + -or (suffix indicating an abstract noun). Compare French froideur, Spanish frior.


germanet

ca-noun

germanet m (plural germanets, feminine germaneta)


feina

Inherited from Old Catalan faena, from Latin facienda. Compare Spanish faena and Portuguese faina.


seny

Inherited from Old Catalan sen, from Vulgar Latin *sennus, from Frankish *sinn, possibly influenced by Latin sensus (“sense”).

Quan no obrem d'acord amb el seny ho sabem: és quan hem fet les coses, per un desig, per un impuls o, en fi, per una passió, petita o grossa, temptadora o abassegadora.

2011, Jaume Vallcorba i Rocosa, Obra gramatical i lingüística completa, L'Abadia de Montserrat, →ISBN, page 33:

When we don't act in accordance with common sense, we know it: it's when we've done things for a desire, for an urge, or, in short, for a passion; small or great, tempting or engrossing.

Esclaus dels cinc senys corporals: veure, oir, olorar, gustar i palpar, que configuren el món i la vida.

1968, Rodolfo Llorena y Jordana, Com han estat i com som els catalans:

[We are] slaves to the five bodily senses: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching, which shape the world and life.


seny

Inherited from Old Catalan seny, from Latin signum (“signal”), of Proto-Indo-European origin. The meaning of "bell" is attested from the 6th century onwards. Doublet of the borrowing signe.

Lo seny del lladre era un toch de campana que's feya al cap-vespre. Per broma devía dirse'n lo seny del lladre, com si diguessen que al fer aquell toch començava la nit, la hora deis lladres.

1908, Joan Segura, Historia d'Igualada, page 150:

The thief bell was the a bell that tolled at nightfall. As a joke it was to be called the thief bell, as if to say that when it tolls, night, the time of thieves, began.


escarceller

escarceller m (plural escarcellers, feminine escarcellera)

escarcellers (plural)
escarcellera (feminine)


carceller

carceller m (plural carcellers, feminine carcellera)

carcellers (plural)
carcellera (feminine)


xarcuteria

charcuterie (meat market specialising in charcuterie)


aniversari

Borrowed from Latin anniversārium (“that which occurs yearly”).


natalici

Borrowed from Latin nātālicius (“of birth”).

birthday, day of birth (the day one was born)


semblança

From Old Occitan semblança, equivalent to semblar + -ança. Compare Occitan semblança, French ressemblance (Old French semblance), Spanish semejanza, Portuguese semelhança, Italian somiglianza.


bossa d'aigua calenta

ca-noun

bossa d'aigua calenta f (plural bosses d'aigua calenta)


dreta

From the feminine of dret. Compare Occitan drecha, French droite, Italian dritta, Portuguese direita, Spanish derecha, Romanian dreapta, Ladin drëta.


calendari d'advent

calendari d'advent m (plural calendaris d'advent)


arbre de Nadal

arbre de Nadal m (plural arbres de Nadal)


caga tió

caga tió m (plural caga tió or caga tions)

First words of song Tió de Nadal, literally “shit log” as an imperative.


targeta

From tarja + -eta, calque of Spanish tarjeta. Attested since 1803.

card (rectangular piece of hard material)


solans

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


bombolla

From Vulgar Latin *bulbulla, from Latin bulliō (“to bubble, to boil”) (from which bullir).


hexàgon

Borrowed from Latin hexagonum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάγωνον (hexágōnon).


heptàgon

Borrowed from Latin heptagonus, from Ancient Greek ἑπτάγωνον (heptágōnon).


programari lliure

ca-noun

programari lliure m (plural programaris lliures)


codi font obert

codi font obert m (plural codis fonts oberts)


raier

raier m (plural raiers, feminine raiera)

raftsman (a person who steers and/or builds rafts)


glàndules pituïtàries

glàndula pituïtària
glàndula pituïtària#Catalan


glàndula pituïtària

glàndula pituïtària f (plural glàndules pituïtàries)


cos pituïtari

cos pituïtari m (plural cossos pituïtaris)


festiu

Borrowed from Latin fēstīvus, equivalent to festa + -iu.


cistre

Borrowed from Middle French citre, from Vulgar Latin cithera, from Latin cithara (itself from Ancient Greek κιθάρα (kithára)), and probably influenced by sistre, from Latin sistrum. Doublet of cítara and guitarra.


camps de concentració

camp de concentració
camp de concentració#Catalan


camps d'extermini

camp d'extermini
camp d'extermini#Catalan


camp de concentració

camp de concentració m (plural camps de concentració)


camp d'extermini

camp d'extermini m (plural camps d'extermini)


còclea

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


cementiri

From Late Latin coemētērium, from Ancient Greek κοιμητήριον (koimētḗrion, “sleeping chamber”); influenced by ciment (“cement”).


castanyer

From castanya + -er. Compare Portuguese castanheiro, French châtaignier. Cf. also Medieval Latin castanearius.


castanyer

ca-noun

castanyer m (plural castanyers, feminine castanyera)

castanyers (plural)
castanyera (feminine)


caixa negra

[ˈka.ʃə ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]

[ˈka.ʃə ˈnə.ɣɾə]


canya

Inherited from Latin canna (“reed”), from Ancient Greek κάννα (kánna, “reed”). Compare Spanish caña.

També fem coca dolça i pastes, com ara madalenes, croissants, canyes de xocolata i crema.

We also make cakes and pastries, such as madeleines, croissants, chocolate croissants, and napoleons.

a type of a pastry with a sweet or savoury filling


castanya

Inherited from Latin castanea (compare Occitan castanha, French châtaigne, Spanish castaña), from Ancient Greek καστάνεια (kastáneia).


penjat

a casa d'un penjat no hi anomenis cordes


inconveniència

inconveniència f (plural inconveniències)


seqüència

Borrowed from Late Latin sequentia, from Latin sequēns.


mòbil

Borrowed from Latin mōbilis. Doublet of moble.


mèdic

Learned borrowing from Latin mēdicus, from Mēdus (“Mede”).


interventor

interventor m (plural interventors, feminine interventora)

interventors (plural)
interventora (feminine)

Learned borrowing from Latin interventor.


còrnia

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin cornea.


acícula

Learned borrowing from Latin acicula (“hairpin”).

lbor

(botany) needle (long, pointed leaf found on some conifers)

(zoology) aciculum (internal chaeta of annelids)

(mineralogy) a slender tapering needle characteristic of an acicular crystal habitat


dramàtic

ca-noun

dramàtic m (plural dramàtics, feminine dramàtica)

Learned borrowing from Latin dramaticus.


homenatge

Calque of Medieval Latin homināticum. By surface analysis, home + -atge.


acadèmic

acadèmic m (plural acadèmics, feminine acadèmica)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin acadēmicus, from Ancient Greek ἀκαδημικός (akadēmikós), from Ἀκαδημία (Akadēmía, the location where Plato taught). By surface analysis, acadèmia + -ic.


garatge

[ɡəˈɾa.d͡ʒə]


aristòcrata

aristòcrata m or f by sense (plural aristòcrates)


alcohòlic

alcohòlic m (plural alcohòlics, feminine alcohòlica)

alcohòlics (plural)
alcohòlica (feminine)


xampany

Borrowed from French champagne, from Champagne, from Late Latin campania. Doublet of campanya.


crònica

crònica de societat


assot

Borrowed from Arabic السَّوْط (as-sawṭ, “the whip”). First attested in the 13th century.


invectiva

Borrowed from Latin invectīva (ōrātiō) "(speech) brought in [against someone or something]", from invectus (“brought in, carried in”).


raig gamma

ca-noun

raig gamma m (plural raigs gamma or rajos gamma)

raigs gamma (plural)
rajos gamma (plural)


feblesa

From feble + -esa. First attested in the 14th century.


creença

From creure + -ença or from Late Latin crēdentia (compare Occitan cresença, French croyance), from Latin crēdēns.


escamarlà

From escamarlar (“to stretch, to separate”).

Nephrops norvegicus
Nephrops norvegicus#Translingual

Norway lobster, langoustine, scampi; the species Nephrops norvegicus


basílica

Borrowed from (Medieval) Latin basilica, from Ancient Greek βασιλική (basilikḗ, “royal”), from βασιλεύς (basileús, “king”).


enginyer

ca-noun

enginyer m (plural enginyers, feminine enginyera)


enginyeria

[əɲ.ʒi.ɲəˈɾi.ə]


colí

any of various New World quail species in the family Odontophoridae


menes

plural of mena (“kind, sort; strand (of a rope)”)


refredat

(pathology) cold (a common, usually harmless, viral illness, usually with congestion of the nasal passages and sometimes fever)


rebaixa

sale (act of selling at a reduced price)


simpatitzant

simpatitzant m or f by sense (plural simpatitzants)


sordmut

sordmut m (plural sordmuts, feminine sordmuda)


xoquí

From Latin soccus, via Andalusian Arabic.


ulleres

bags, rings (dark circles under the eyes)


arrova

Compare Spanish arroba and Portuguese arroba.

an ancient unit of measure of weight or volume, still used in some contexts in the Catalan Countries. The exact amount varies by region, being about 10.4-12.8 kg


cicle

Borrowed from Latin cyclus, from Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle”).


encèfal

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


talaia

Borrowed from Arabic طَلَائِع (ṭalāʔiʕ), plural of طَلِيعة (ṭalīʕa, “forefront, vanguard”).


antídot

Learned borrowing from Latin antidotum, from Ancient Greek ἀντίδοτος (antídotos).


anticòs

From anti- + cos, a calque of German Antikörper.


alció

Borrowed from Latin alcyōn, from Ancient Greek ἀλκυών (alkuṓn).


voluntari

ca-noun

voluntari m (plural voluntaris, feminine voluntària)

voluntaris (plural)
voluntària (feminine)


sexista

sexista m or f by sense (plural sexistes)


berlinés

berlinés m (plural berlinesos, feminine berlinesa)

berlinesos (plural)
berlinesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of berlinès


geneta

Possibly from genet, or borrowed directly from Arabic.


addició

(arithmetic) addition (the operation of adding)


intermitent

llum intermitent
llum intermitent#Catalan

Clipping of llum intermitent (“blinker”).


tests de Rorschach

test de Rorschach
test de Rorschach#Catalan


andorrà

andorrà m (plural andorrans, feminine andorrana)


egipci

egipci m (plural egipcis, feminine egípcia)

Learned borrowing from Latin aegyptius, from Ancient Greek Αἰγύπτιος (Aigúptios, “Egyptian”).


pescada

L'estiu no és el temps més adequat per a fer bones pescades.

Summer is not the most suitable time to make good catches.

catch (total of fish caught at one time)


radioaficionat

ca-noun

radioaficionat m (plural radioaficionats)


immunòleg

immunòleg m (plural immunòlegs, feminine immunòloga)

immunòlegs (plural)
immunòloga (feminine)


caguera

Has estat massa dies sense caguera i això és dolent.

You've gone too many days without wanting to shit and that's bad.


caserna

Borrowed from French caserne, from Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin *quaderna. Doublet of quaderna.


redort

Inherited from Latin retortus (“twisted”).


guionista

ca-noun

guionista m or f by sense (plural guionistes)


semantema

(linguistics) semanteme (indivisible unit of meaning)


gregal

From grec + -al, replacing earlier vent grec (“Greek wind”), a denomination probably originating in Sicily (which lies southwest of Greece).

En el meu llibre El vent de garbí he parlat llargament de la rotació dels vents seguint el camí del sol: el gregal del matí arrossegant sobre els seus lloms tritons i sirenes, cargols d'escuma, lluïssors rutilants, olor de pinassa, posant frescor de verd en les persianes; el xaloc petitet —el xaloquet de la Crònica de Muntaner— asfixiat pel sol meridià; el llebeig o garbí de l'hora de posar l'arròs a taula.

In my book The southwest wind I spoke at length about the rotation of the winds following the path of the sun: the northeast wind of morning dragging over its loins tritons and sirens, spirals of foam, sparking brightness, the scent of pine, putting the freshness of greenery in the blinds; the small sirocco--the "xaloquet" of the Chronicle of Muntaner--asphyxiated by the midday sun; the southwest wind of the hour when rice is set on the table.


maixella

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


sibarita

sibarita m or f by sense (plural sibarites)

Learned borrowing from Latin Sybarīta, from Ancient Greek Σῠβᾰρῑ́της (Subarī́tēs).

(historical) Sybarite (person from Sybaris)

sybarite (person devoted to pleasure and luxury)


cinta adhesiva

cinta adhesiva f (plural cintes adhesives)


cavernícola

cavernícola m or f (plural cavernícoles)


TDAH

trastorn per dèficit d'atenció i hiperactivitat#Catalan

Initialism of trastorn per dèficit d'atenció i hiperactivitat (“ADHD”).


comensal

En poc més de dos dies, el vídeo protagonitzat per una atribolada 'mare tipus' al voltant d'una concorreguda taula --amb comensals imaginaris on podríem fer seure els nostres cunyats, germanes, oncles i nebots, per exemple-- ha aconseguit més de 400.000 visualitzacions i moltes més comparticions a Facebook i Twitter.

2017 January 4, Laura Estirado, “El #SentadorDeMadres, per un Nadal en igualtat”, in El Periódico:


manipulador

manipulador m (plural manipuladors, feminine manipuladora)

manipuladors (plural)
manipuladora (feminine)


manaia

(religion, folklore) a Roman soldier in one of the processions during Setmana Santa (Holy Week)


eternitat

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


groenlandès

ca-noun

groenlandès m (plural groenlandesos, feminine groenlandesa)

groenlandesos (plural)
groenlandesa (feminine)


sòlid

Borrowed from Latin solidus. Doublet of sou.


talmudista

talmudista m or f by sense (plural talmudistes)


tavella

Inherited from Latin tabella, diminutive of tabula (“plank of wood”).


tartana

Borrowed from Occitan tartana (“bird of prey, falcon”).

bor+

(nautical) tartane (a small fishing boat with a single mast and a lateen sail)

(historical) a type of two-wheeled light carriage with a canvas roof and lateral seats


tessali

ca-noun

tessali m (plural tessalis, feminine tessàlia)

Learned borrowing from Latin Thessalius.


quiasme

Borrowed from Latin chiasmus, from Ancient Greek χιασμός (khiasmós), from χιάζω (khiázō, “to mark with a chi”), from χ (kh, “chi”).


bacteriòleg

bacteriòleg m (plural bacteriòlegs, feminine bacteriòloga)

bacteriòlegs (plural)
bacteriòloga (feminine)


biòleg

biòleg m (plural biòlegs, feminine biòloga)


arqueòleg

arqueòleg m (plural arqueòlegs, feminine arqueòloga)

arqueòlegs (plural)
arqueòloga (feminine)


genètica

Feminine substantivized form of genètic.


imperdible

From im- + perdible. In the noun sense, an ellipsis of agulla imperdible.

Coordinate term: fermall


caiac

Borrowed from Inuktitut ᖃᔭᖅ (qayaq, “man's boat”).


troica

Borrowed from Russian тро́йка (trójka, “a group of three”).


caritat

Borrowed from Latin cāritātem (“dearness, charity”), from carus (“dear”).


plantofa

By metathesis from earlier pantofla, from Italian pantofola. Influenced in form by planta (“sole”).


vincapervinca

ca-noun

vincapervinca f (plural vincapervinques)

Vinca difformis
Wikispecies:Vinca difformis

(botany) intermediate periwinkle (Vinca difformis)


testos

plural of test (“flowerpot; shard, fragment”)


cromofotografia

cromofotografia f (plural cromofotografies)


estruç

Borrowed from Latin struthiō via the nominative singular. Compare Occitan estruci.


lampista

lampista m or f by sense (plural lampistes)


al·ligàtor

Borrowed from English alligator, from Spanish el lagarto.


fíbula

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


hipocorístic

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὑποκοριστικός (hupokoristikós), from ὑποκορίζομαι (hupokorízomai, “to speak in the language of children”), from ὑπό (hupó, “below”) + κορίζομαι (korízomai, “to act like a girl”), from κόρη (kórē, “girl”).

bor+

ὑποκοριστικός


ruc

Uncertain. Perhaps imitative of the cry of a donkey or a cry used to call a donkey.


comtessa

ca-noun

comtessa f (plural comtesses, masculine comte)

From Latin comitissa. By surface analysis, comte (“count”) + -essa (“-ess”, feminine noun-forming suffix).


cucut

Onomatopoeic, from the cry of the bird. Compare Latin cucūlus.


aquelarre

From Basque akelarre, possibly via Spanish aquelarre.


antiterrorisme

ca-noun

antiterrorisme m (plural antiterrorismes)


artificier

artificier m (plural artificiers, feminine artificiera)

artificiers (plural)
artificiera (feminine)


cabellera

[kə.βəˈʎe.ɾə]

mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal)

(astronomy) tail (the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind)


avaries

[ə.βəˈɾi.əs]


cabot

A goby (fish of the family Gobiidae), especially the rock goby (Gobius paganellus).

Mugil cephalus
Mugil cephalus#Translingual

A martin, particularly the common house martin.


arnés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of arnès


claustre

Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).


delit

From Latin delectus, past participle of dēligō (“I select”).


corser

(historical) a horse used for tournaments and battles; a charger


becut

From bec + -ut, due to their distinctive long curving beaks.

Numenius arquata
Numenius arquata#Translingual

a curlew, especially the Eurasian curlew (Numenius arquata)


mercat

Inherited from Old Catalan mercat, from Latin mercātus.


escriptori

graphical user interface
graphical user interface


misàndria

From Ancient Greek μισανδρία (misandría), by analogy with misogínia (“misogyny”).


menestral

ca-noun

menestral m (plural menestrals, feminine menestrala)

menestrals (plural)
menestrala (feminine)

Inherited from Latin ministeriālis (“servant, employee”).

inh+

handicraftsman, craftsperson, craftsman (manual laborer)


piragüista

ca-noun

piragüista m or f by sense (plural piragüistes)


tifus

Learned borrowing from New Latin tȳphus, from Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “fever, stupor”).


capellet

Umbilicus rupestris
Umbilicus rupestris#Translingual

(in the plural) navelwort (Umbilicus rupestris)


coautor

ca-noun

coautor m (plural coautors, feminine coautora)


coberta

(vehicles) outer tire (part of a pneumatic tire which covers the inner tube)


racionalització

racionalització f (plural racionalitzacions)


sanitat

Borrowed from Latin sānitātem (possibly semi-learned), or from sa + -itat.


estalvi

Borrowed from Basque estalpe (“protection”).

bor+

(also plural) trivet (utensil placed under a hot dish to protect the surface below)


maragda

Borrowed from Latin smaragdus, or from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos), of Semitic origin.


òpal

Learned borrowing from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).


llagosta

Inherited from Old Catalan lagosta, from Vulgar Latin lacusta, alteration of Latin locusta, of uncertain origin.


trituradora

From Spanish trituradora, from triturar (“to grind”) + -dora.


esmaragda

Inherited from Latin smaragdus, from Ancient Greek σμάραγδος (smáragdos). See maragda.


qualificació

Borrowed from Medieval Latin quālificātiōnem.


vienés

ca-noun

vienés m (plural vienesos, feminine vienesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vienès


xemeneia

Inherited from Old Catalan xemenea, from Old French cheminee, from Late Latin camīnāta.


boiar

Ultimately from Russian боя́рин (bojárin).


catarí

Ultimately from Ancient Greek καταρρινα (katarrhina, “hook-nosed”).

der

A member of the parvorder Catarrhini of Old World monkeys.


bany

Inherited from Latin baneum, variant of balneum.

bath (a substance or preparation in which something is immersed)


monàrquic

ca-noun

monàrquic m (plural monàrquics, feminine monàrquica)

monàrquics (plural)
monàrquica (feminine)


òxid

Borrowed from French oxyde. First attested in 1839.


vi negre

[ˈbi ˈnɛ.ɣɾə]

[ˈvi ˈnə.ɣɾə]


nombres imaginaris

nombre imaginari
nombre imaginari#Catalan


nombres irracionals

nombre irracional
nombre irracional#Catalan


servici

From Old Catalan servici, borrowed from Latin servitium. Doublet of servei, which was inherited.


asímptota

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσύμπτωτος (asúmptōtos).

bor+

mathematical analysis
mathematical analysis


nombre racional

ca-noun

nombre racional m (plural nombres racionals)


nombre imaginari

nombre imaginari m (plural nombres imaginaris)


nombre irracional

nombre irracional m (plural nombres irracionals)


ordre d'arrest

ordre d'arrest f (plural ordres d'arrests or ordres d'arrestes)

ordres d'arrests (plural)
ordres d'arrestes (plural)


adulador

adulador m (plural aduladors, feminine aduladora)


otorinolaringologia

otorinolaringologia f (plural otorinolaringologies)

Alternative spelling of otorrinolaringologia


maqui

Borrowed from French maki, from Malagasy maky (“ring-tailed lemur”).


fluoré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fluorè


principiant

principiant m or f by sense (plural principiants)

Learned borrowing from Latin principiantem, from post-Classical prīncipiō (“to begin”).


ostracisme

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀστρακισμός (ostrakismós, “banishment by means of voting with pot shards”).


gargarisme

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin gargarismus, from Latin gargarisma.


cuirassa

breastplate (a piece of armor that covers the chest)


segrest

ca-noun

segrest m (plural segrests or segrestos)

Un nen fingeix el seu segrest a Salou perquè no havia fet els deures [title]

2015 January 16, “Un nen fingeix el seu segrest a Salou perquè no havia fet els deures”, in El País, retrieved 2020-12-11:

A boy in Salou faked his kidnapping because he hadn't done his homework


segrestador

segrestador m (plural segrestadors, feminine segrestadora)

segrestadors (plural)
segrestadora (feminine)

Borrowed from Late Latin sequestrātōrem. Compare Spanish secuestrador.

El succés va causar un gran malestar entre els veïns, atemorits per si hi havia un segrestador en llibertat a la població.

The event caused great disturbance among the neighbors, terrified that a kidnapper might be on the loose around the town.


samarra

Borrowed from Basque zamarra, definite form of zamar (“fleece”).


birmà

birmà m (plural birmans, feminine birmana)


vernacle

Borrowed from Latin vernāculus. First attested in 1888.


cebuà

cebuà m (plural cebuans, feminine cebuana)


comanxe

comanxe m or f by sense (plural comanxes)


búlgar

búlgar m (plural búlgars, feminine búlgara)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Bulgarus, from Old Church Slavonic блъгаринъ (blŭgarinŭ, “Bulgarian”).


haitià

ca-noun

haitià m (plural haitians, feminine haitiana)


jamaicà

jamaicà m (plural jamaicans, feminine jamaicana)


laosià

laosià m (plural laosians, feminine laosiana)


javanès

javanès m (plural javanesos, feminine javanesa)


estonià

estonià m (plural estonians, feminine estoniana)


extremeny

extremeny m (plural extremenys, feminine extremenya)

extremenys (plural)
extremenya (feminine)


friülà

friülà m (plural friülans, feminine friülana)


friülès

friülès m (plural friülesos, feminine friülesa)


coreà

coreà m (plural coreans, feminine coreana)


libanès

libanès m (plural libanesos, feminine libanesa)


llombard

llombard m (plural llombards, feminine llombarda)

Lombard (native or inhabitant of Lombardy) (male or of unspecified gender)


singalès

singalès m (plural singalesos, feminine singalesa)

singalesos (plural)
singalesa (feminine)


eslovè

eslovè m (plural eslovens, feminine eslovena)


tahitià

tahitià m (plural tahitians, feminine tahitiana)


piemontès

piemontès m (plural piemontesos, feminine piemontesa)

piemontesos (plural)
piemontesa (feminine)


luxemburguès

luxemburguès m (plural luxemburguesos, feminine luxemburguesa)

luxemburguesos (plural)
luxemburguesa (feminine)


luxemburguès

Luxembourgish (a Germanic language spoken in Luxembourg)


adversitat

Learned borrowing from Latin adversitās.


dàlmata

dàlmata m or f by sense (plural dàlmates)

Derived from Latin Dalmatae, the name of an ancient Illyrian people.

Dalmatian (native or inhabitant of Dalmatia)


germania

(historical) a trade guild in the Kingdom of Valencia


presentador

presentador m (plural presentadors, feminine presentadora)

presentadors (plural)
presentadora (feminine)


bolivià

bolivià m (plural bolivians, feminine boliviana)


austríac

austríac m (plural austríacs, feminine austríaca)


angolès

angolès m (plural angolesos, feminine angolesa)


brasiler

brasiler m (plural brasilers, feminine brasilera)


colombià

colombià m (plural colombians, feminine colombiana)

colombians (plural)
colombiana (feminine)


salvadoreny

salvadoreny m (plural salvadorenys, feminine salvadorenya)

salvadorenys (plural)
salvadorenya (feminine)

[səl.βə.ðuˈɾɛɲ]


jordà

jordà m (plural jordans, feminine jordana)


salvadorenc

salvadorenc m (plural salvadorencs, feminine salvadorenca)

salvadorencs (plural)
salvadorenca (feminine)

[səl.βə.ðuˈɾɛŋ]


hondureny

hondureny m (plural hondurenys, feminine hondurenya)

hondurenys (plural)
hondurenya (feminine)


iranià

iranià m (plural iranians, feminine iraniana)


estatunidenc

estatunidenc m (plural estatunidencs, feminine estatunidenca)

estatunidencs (plural)
estatunidenca (feminine)


guatemalenc

guatemalenc m (plural guatemalencs, feminine guatemalenca)

guatemalencs (plural)
guatemalenca (feminine)


costa-riqueny

costa-riqueny m (plural costa-riquenys, feminine costa-riquenya)

costa-riquenys (plural)
costa-riquenya (feminine)


panameny

panameny m (plural panamenys, feminine panamenya)


etíop

Borrowed from Latin Aethiops (“Ethiopian”), from Ancient Greek Αἰθίοψ (Aithíops, “Ethiopian”), from αἴθω (aíthō, “burn”) + ὤψ (ṓps, “face”).


paraguaià

ca-noun

paraguaià m (plural paraguaians, feminine paraguaiana)

paraguaians (plural)
paraguaiana (feminine)


txadià

txadià m (plural txadians, feminine txadiana)


neozelandès

neozelandès m (plural neozelandesos, feminine neozelandesa)

neozelandesos (plural)
neozelandesa (feminine)

New Zealander (native or inhabitant of New Zealand)


uruguaià

uruguaià m (plural uruguaians, feminine uruguaiana)

uruguaians (plural)
uruguaiana (feminine)


tanzà

tanzà m (plural tanzans, feminine tanzana)


veneçolà

veneçolà m (plural veneçolans, feminine veneçolana)

veneçolans (plural)
veneçolana (feminine)


eslovac

eslovac m (plural eslovacs, feminine eslovaca)


sud-africà

sud-africà m (plural sud-africans, feminine sud-africana)

sud-africans (plural)
sud-africana (feminine)


monegasc

monegasc m (plural monegascs or monegascos, feminine monegasca)

monegascs (plural)
monegascos (plural)
monegasca (feminine)


salobre

Back-formation from salobrós, variant form of salabrós (“salty”).

layer of salt left after the evaporation of water


iemenita

iemenita m or f by sense (plural iemenites)


nicaragüenc

nicaragüenc m (plural nicaragüencs, feminine nicaragüenca)

nicaragüencs (plural)
nicaragüenca (feminine)


equatorià

equatorià m (plural equatorians, feminine equatoriana)

equatorians (plural)
equatoriana (feminine)


camerunès

camerunès m (plural camerunesos, feminine camerunesa)

camerunesos (plural)
camerunesa (feminine)


liberià

liberià m (plural liberians, feminine liberiana)


matalaf

Borrowed from Arabic مَطَرَح (maṭaraḥ, “large cushion”).


dominicà

ca-noun

dominicà m (plural dominicans, feminine dominicana)

dominicans (plural)
dominicana (feminine)

Dominican (person from the Dominican Republic)

Dominican (member of the religious order)


dominiquès

dominiquès m (plural dominiquesos, feminine dominiquesa)

dominiquesos (plural)
dominiquesa (feminine)


cambodjà

cambodjà m (plural cambodjans, feminine cambodjana)

cambodjans (plural)
cambodjana (feminine)


bombes d'hidrogen

bomba d'hidrogen
bomba d'hidrogen#Catalan


secció cònica

secció cònica f (plural seccions còniques)


bomba atòmica

bomba atòmica f (plural bombes atòmiques)


bomba d'hidrogen

bomba d'hidrogen f (plural bombes d'hidrogen)


circumferència

circumferència f (plural circumferències)

Borrowed from Latin circumferentia, from circum (“around”) + ferō (“to carry”).


decorador

decorador m (plural decoradors, feminine decoradora)

decoradors (plural)
decoradora (feminine)

From Latin decorātor. By surface analysis, decorar + -dor.


ictiòleg

ictiòleg m (plural ictiòlegs, feminine ictiòloga)


entomòleg

entomòleg m (plural entomòlegs, feminine entomòloga)

entomòlegs (plural)
entomòloga (feminine)


pelleter

pelleter m (plural pelleters, feminine pelletera)


cauterització

cauterització f (plural cauteritzacions)


climatòleg

climatòleg m (plural climatòlegs, feminine climatòloga)

climatòlegs (plural)
climatòloga (feminine)


microbiòleg

microbiòleg m (plural microbiòlegs, feminine microbiòloga)

microbiòlegs (plural)
microbiòloga (feminine)


sociòleg

sociòleg m (plural sociòlegs, feminine sociòloga)


boxador

boxador m (plural boxadors, feminine boxadora)


coreògraf

coreògraf m (plural coreògrafs, feminine coreògrafa)

coreògrafs (plural)
coreògrafa (feminine)


cartògraf

cartògraf m (plural cartògrafs, feminine cartògrafa)

cartògrafs (plural)
cartògrafa (feminine)


cosmòleg

cosmòleg m (plural cosmòlegs, feminine cosmòloga)


geòleg

geòleg m (plural geòlegs, feminine geòloga)


astrònom

astrònom m (plural astrònoms, feminine astrònoma)


citòleg

citòleg m (plural citòlegs, feminine citòloga)


endocrinòleg

endocrinòleg m (plural endocrinòlegs, feminine endocrinòloga)

endocrinòlegs (plural)
endocrinòloga (feminine)


ginecòleg

ginecòleg m (plural ginecòlegs, feminine ginecòloga)

ginecòlegs (plural)
ginecòloga (feminine)


hematòleg

hematòleg m (plural hematòlegs, feminine hematòloga)

hematòlegs (plural)
hematòloga (feminine)


hepatòleg

hepatòleg m (plural hepatòlegs, feminine hepatòloga)

hepatòlegs (plural)
hepatòloga (feminine)


nefròleg

nefròleg m (plural nefròlegs, feminine nefròloga)


neuròleg

neuròleg m (plural neuròlegs, feminine neuròloga)


neurocirurgià

neurocirurgià m (plural neurocirurgians, feminine neurocirurgiana)

neurocirurgians (plural)
neurocirurgiana (feminine)


apendicectomia

apendicectomia f (plural apendicectomies)


cardiòleg

cardiòleg m (plural cardiòlegs, feminine cardiòloga)

cardiòlegs (plural)
cardiòloga (feminine)


pròstata

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


puritanisme

Puritanism (the beliefs and practices of the Puritans)

puritanism (strict and austere religious conduct)


ornitòleg

ca-noun

ornitòleg m (plural ornitòlegs, feminine ornitòloga)

ornitòlegs (plural)
ornitòloga (feminine)


nàutica

Feminine form of nàutic, ultimately from Ancient Greek.


zoòleg

zoòleg m (plural zoòlegs, feminine zoòloga)


simplificació

simplificació f (plural simplificacions)


sismòleg

sismòleg m (plural sismòlegs, feminine sismòloga)


subjuntiu

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin subiūnctīvus.


virtut

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from Latin virtūtem. Cognate with Occitan vertut.


virtuós

ca-noun

virtuós m (plural virtuosos, feminine virtuosa)


terrícola

terrícola m or f by sense (plural terrícoles)


galda

From Proto-Germanic *walþō, from Proto-Germanic *walþuz (“forest”). Cognate with French gaude, German Wau.


epidemiòleg

epidemiòleg m (plural epidemiòlegs, feminine epidemiòloga)

epidemiòlegs (plural)
epidemiòloga (feminine)


uròleg

uròleg m (plural uròlegs, feminine uròloga)


heretgia

[ə.ɾəˈd͡ʒi.ə]


heretge

heretge m or f by sense (plural heretges)

Inherited from Late Latin haereticus. Doublet of herètic, which was borrowed.


cuiner

cuiner m (plural cuiners, feminine cuinera)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *coquīnārium, or a later formation corresponding to cuina + -er.


xivaïta

ca-noun

xivaïta m or f by sense (plural xivaïtes)


fisiòleg

fisiòleg m (plural fisiòlegs, feminine fisiòloga)


oncòleg

oncòleg m (plural oncòlegs, feminine oncòloga)


ecòleg

ecòleg m (plural ecòlegs, feminine ecòloga)


fonòleg

fonòleg m (plural fonòlegs, feminine fonòloga)


astrofísic

astrofísic m (plural astrofísics, feminine astrofísica)

astrofísics (plural)
astrofísica (feminine)


parisenc

parisenc m (plural parisencs, feminine parisenca)


paó

Inherited from Old Catalan pahó, from Latin pāvōnem (accusative form). Doublet of pago, from the Latin nominative pāvō.


pelicà

(in the plural) Consolida pubescens, a species of larkspur native to the Catalan Countries


patòleg

patòleg m (plural patòlegs, feminine patòloga)


plàstic

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


pàncrees

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


tarima

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic طارمة (ṭārima), from Arabic طَارِمَة (ṭārima).

the step on which an altar rests, a predella


passatger

ca-noun

passatger m (plural passatgers, feminine passatgera)

passatgers (plural)
passatgera (feminine)


presseguera

[pɾə.səˈɣe.ɾə]


figuer

From figa + -er, or from Latin fīcārius.


festuc

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الفستق (al-fústaq), from Arabic فُسْتُق (fustuq, “pistachio”). Doublet of fustet and pistatxo. Compare Spanish alfóncigo.


perer

From pera + -er, or less likely from a Vulgar Latin *pirārius (cf. Medieval Latin pirarius), from Latin pirus. Compare French poirier.


gínjol

→ Spanish: jínjol

Inherited from Latin zīzyphum, from Ancient Greek ζίζυφον (zízuphon).


albercoc

→ English: abrecock, apricock, apricot

→ Middle French: abricot

desctree

French: abricot
→ Basque: abrikot
→ Portuguese: abricote, abricó

q

via <i class="Latn mention" lang="fr">abricots</i> (plural)

→ Dutch: abrikoos (via abricots (plural)) (see there for further descendants)

→ Occitan: aubricot, ambricot, albricot

→ Basque: abrikot

From Arabic الْبَرْقُوق (al-barqūq, “plums”). Doublet of precoç.


ametlla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *amindla, from Latin amygdala, from Ancient Greek ἀμυγδάλη (amugdálē). Doublet of amígdala and màndorla.


anacard

Borrowed from Medieval Latin anacardus, from Latin anacardium, from Ancient Greek ἀνακάρδιον (anakárdion).


comunitats autònomes

comunitat autònoma
comunitat autònoma#Catalan


comunitat autònoma

ca-noun

comunitat autònoma f (plural comunitats autònomes)

autonomous community
autonomous community


figuera

Inherited from Latin fīcāria, from fīcārius. Analyzable as figa (“fig”) + -era.


serralada

(geology) range; mountain range, cordillera


orellana

(usually in the plural) a strip of dried apricot, peach, or pear

(Balearic) a sweetened strip of fried dough

Pleurotus ostreatus
Pleurotus ostreatus#Translingual

(botany) an oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus)


besneta

besneta f (plural besnetes, masculine besnet)


besnet

besnet m (plural besnets, feminine besneta)


fillastra

fillastra f (plural fillastres, masculine fillastre)

fillastres (plural)
fillastre (masculine)


àvia

Inherited from Latin avia. Feminine counterpart to avi.


acidímetre

(chemistry) acidimeter (an instrument for ascertaining the strength of acids)


fillastre

fillastre m (plural fillastres, feminine fillastra)

fillastres (plural)
fillastra (feminine)

Inherited from Late Latin filiaster, from Latin fīlius. Compare Occitan filhastre.


sogre

Inherited from Late Latin socrus m, from Latin socer.


cunyat

Inherited from Latin cognātus (compare Occitan cunhat, Spanish cuñado, Italian cognato, Romanian cumnat). Doublet of the borrowing cognat.


albedòmetres

[əl.βəˈðɔ.mə.tɾəs]


albedòmetre

[əl.βəˈðɔ.mə.tɾə]


renét

renét m (plural renéts, feminine renéta)

Pre-2016 spelling of renet (“great-grandson”).


renéta

renéta f (plural renétes, masculine renét)

Pre-2016 spelling of reneta (“great-granddaughter”).


paracaigudista

paracaigudista m or f by sense (plural paracaigudistes)


bolòmetre

From Ancient Greek βολή (bolḗ) + -o- + -metre.


cronòleg

ca-noun

cronòleg m (plural cronòlegs, feminine cronòloga)


galvanòmetre

[ɡəl.βəˈnɔ.mə.tɾə]


electrodinamòmetre

electrodinamòmetre m (plural electrodinamòmetres)


goniòmetre

From Ancient Greek γωνία (gōnía) + -o- + -metre.


manòmetre

From Ancient Greek μανός (manós, “thin, rare”) + -metre.


esfigmomanòmetre

ca-noun

esfigmomanòmetre m (plural esfigmomanòmetres)


traïció

First attested in the 14th century. Semi-learned borrowing from Latin trāditiōnem (the suffix in this word indicates a semi-learned form or a formation from trair + -ció; a fully inherited result would have ended in -çó or -ó; compare the similar case of Spanish traición). Doublet of tradició, a later borrowing.


fonòmetre

From fono- + -metre, from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ) and μέτρον (métron).


enginy

La realitat t'ha portat entremig de moltes menes d'homes, t'ha fet conèixer diversos oficis, t'ha ensenyat de rumiar, d'esmolar l'enginy, ha multiplicat la teva astúcia i la teva força, i amb tot això no t'has alliberat de fer coneixença amb el fred i la fam.

1934, Joan Puig i Ferreter, Camins de França:

Reality has brought you among many types of men, it has acquainted you with different trades, it has taught you to ponder, to hone your mind, it has increased your cunning and your strength, and with all that you haven't set yourself free from getting to know cold and hunger.


crusant

Borrowed from French croissant, croissant, crescent.


paral·lelogram

ca-noun

paral·lelogram m (plural paral·lelograms)


polígon

polígon industrial
polígon industrial#Catalan

Ellipsis of polígon industrial.; industrial park


roncador

roncador m (plural roncadors, feminine roncadora)


vulcanòleg

vulcanòleg m (plural vulcanòlegs, feminine vulcanòloga)

vulcanòlegs (plural)
vulcanòloga (feminine)


pèsol

→ Spanish: pésol

Inherited from Latin pisulum, diminutive of pisum (“pea”).


paraigües

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + aigües (“waters”). Calque of Spanish paraguas.


paraigües

(Castilianism) Alternative form of paraigua


coatí

Borrowed from Spanish coatí, from Old Tupi cuatim (literally “belt nose”).


desmesura

(uncountable) excess (lack of moderation)

Quan el maig del mil noucents seixanta vuit, els estudiants de Paris cometeren desmesures —convé precisar, per contrast, que no hi ha costum enlloc de qualificar de desmesura les desmesures legalitzades, i consti que n'hi ha— vaig sentir com un bon home s'exclamava: "Potser tindran raó en el que demanen, però la forma de fer-ho és totalment incorrecta".

1969, Octavi Fullat, El crac universitari:

When, in May of nineteen sixty-eight, the students of Paris committed excesses--it should be noted, by contrast, that there is no custom of describing legalised excesses as excesses, and it's obvious these exist--I felt that simple souls exclaimed, "Maybe they are right in what they are asking but their way of going about it is all wrong."

(countable) excess (disproportionate action)


flamenca

female equivalent of flamenc (“Fleming”)


superestructura

ca-noun

superestructura f (plural superestructures)

(Marxism) superstructure (the social sphere of ideology)


bescuit

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”).

inh+

biscuit (twice cooked bread), a biscotte, a rusk

cold porcelain (twice baked porcelain without glazing)


esgrimidor

ca-noun

esgrimidor m (plural esgrimidors, feminine esgrimidora)

esgrimidors (plural)
esgrimidora (feminine)


medallista

medallista m or f by sense (plural medallistes)


micòleg

micòleg m (plural micòlegs, feminine micòloga)


psicòleg

psicòleg m (plural psicòlegs, feminine psicòloga)


mètode

Borrowed from Latin methodus, from Ancient Greek μέθοδος (méthodos).


divisió

division (the act of dividing something)

(arithmetic) division (the process of dividing a number by another)


parot

From pare (“father”) + -ot (“augmentative ending”).


dríada

Learned borrowing from Latin Dryas, Dryadis, from Ancient Greek Δρυάς (Druás, “dryad”).


tutú

Borrowed from French tutu, from cucu, a diminutive reduplication of cul (“buttocks”).


nansú

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


sépia

Borrowed from Latin sēpia. Doublet of sípia.

sepia (pigment made from cuttlefish ink)


grisú

Borrowed from French grisou, Walloon form of grégeois (“Grecian”), from Vulgar Latin *graeciscus, from Latin graecus. Doublet of grec.


sistema nerviós

ca-noun

sistema nerviós m (plural sistemes nerviosos)


romeu

romeu m (plural romeus, feminine romeva)

From Late Latin Rōmaeus, from Byzantine Greek ῥωμαῖος (rhōmaîos, literally “Roman”), a sobriquet given to Roman Catholic pilgrims to the Holy Land. See romà.


arada

Inherited from Old Catalan aradre, from Latin arātrum (compare Occitan araire, Spanish arado), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂érh₃trom.


alburn

Learned borrowing from Latin alburnus. Doublet of albor, a popular development.


advocats del diable

advocat del diable
advocat del diable#Catalan


advocat del diable

ca-noun

advocat del diable m (plural advocats del diable)


transcurs

Borrowed from Late Latin trānscursus, from Latin trānscurrō.


rebentat

(Mallorca) Espresso with a shot of liquor


turmalina

tourmaline (a black, semi-precious gemstone)


ciclop

From Latin cyclōps, from Ancient Greek Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps, “Cyclops”).


griu

Inherited from Latin grȳphus, gryps, from Ancient Greek γρύψ (grúps). Doublet of grifó.

(heraldry) griffin (stylised representation)


borrego

a kind of biscotti flavoured with anise, a specialty of Cardedeu


AMPA

associació de mares i pares d'alumnes#Catalan

Initialism of associació de mares i pares d'alumnes.


bernés

ca-noun

bernés m (plural bernesos, feminine bernesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bernès


cavalcada

El president de Societat Civil, Mariano Gomà, ha reclamat a TV-3 que suspengui la retransmissió de la cavalcada de Vic.

2017 January 4, “Els fanalets estelats de Vic aixequen una bronca política”, in El Periódico:


geògraf

geògraf m (plural geògrafs, feminine geògrafa)


mostatxo

From Italian mostaccio, probably borrowed via Spanish mostacho.


cadires elèctriques

cadira elèctrica
cadira elèctrica#Catalan


cadira elèctrica

cadira elèctrica f (plural cadires elèctriques)


cadira de rodes

cadira de rodes f (plural cadires de rodes)


terç

Inherited from Latin tertius (“third”), from trēs (“three”), from Proto-Indo-European *tréyes.

Un terç dels votants s'abstingué.

third (one of three equal parts of a whole)

(Roman Catholicism) prayer beads used to pray the rosary

(historical, military) tercio (a type of military formation used in the early modern age)

(castells) a casteller on the third level of the tronc


aprenentatge

From aprenent (“learner”, present participle of aprendre “to learn”) + -atge.

af

present participle of <i class="Latn mention" lang="ca">aprendre</i> “to learn”


ànsia

anxiety, intense preoccupation for somebody or something


llaç

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *laceum, from Classical Latin laqueus.


bogeria

From boig + -eria, ultimately of uncertain origin. Possibly from baudius, related to the Celtic or Germanic languages.


xeringa

Semi-learned borrowing from Medieval Latin syringa, from Ancient Greek σῦριγξ (sûrinx, “pipe, syrinx”). Doublet of siringa.

der

Ecballium elaterium
Ecballium elaterium#Translingual

(botany) squirting cucumber (Ecballium elaterium)


barral

wooden container reinforced with metal rings, with a metal handle and metal spout

container for liquids of different forms

covered portadora to carry liquids plugged with a wooden plug


cossa

Inherited from Latin cursa, from cursus (“running”).

(historical) course where certain footraces and horseback races were run


cossa

(historical) dry measure for grain, equivalent to 2.5 kg


peó

Inherited from Late Latin pedōnem (literally “pedestrian”), derived from ped- (“foot”). Compare Spanish peón, French pion.


entremés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of entremès


entremès

Either from Latin intermissus, perfect participle of intermittō, or from French entremets, with the same ultimate origin.

(food) amuse-bouche (dish with assorted meats, cheeses and other small accompaniments, served before the main course)


livideses cadavèriques

ca-noun

livideses cadavèriques f pl (plural only)


dropo

Inherited from Latin hydropicus (“dropsical”).


automatització

ca-noun

automatització f (plural automatitzacions)


queixal del seny

queixal del seny m (plural queixals del seny)

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rocalla

From rocall (“rocks, rocky debris”) + -a. Compare French rocaille.


queixal

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

Davant meu la roca s'obria com un queixal gegant i cariat.

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

(by extension) tooth-shaped protuberance present in an otherwise straight line or flat surface


tarragoní

tarragoní m (plural tarragonins, feminine tarragonina)

tarragonins (plural)
tarragonina (feminine)

Tarragonan (native or inhabitant of Tarragona)


tarragoní

the Catalan dialect spoken in the comarques of Alt Camp, Baix Camp and Tarragonès