veral

Unknown. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *variāle, from Latin varius.

a plot of land, especially a sown field clearly distinguishable from the ones adjoining it

Tot i compartir una mateixa parròquia, la majoria dels verals mostraven poca comunicació entre ells, així com una separació física i mental important.

2017, Francesc Forn i Salvà, “La creació del poble modern Arenys de Munt, segles XVI al XVIII”, in Trobada d’Entitats de Recerca Local i Comarcal del Maresme, volume 11, →ISSN:

Despite sharing the same parish, the majority of the hamlets evinced little communication among themselves, just as they demonstrated an important physical and mental separation.

a cluster of farmhouses outside of a village or town

(usually in the plural) parts, area, neck of the woods

(in the plural) vicinity, surrounding area, environs


DNI

w:ca:Document Nacional d'Identitat espanyol

Initialism of Document Nacional d'Identitat.


querubí

From Late Latin cherūbīm, plural of cherūb, from Ancient Greek χερούβ (kheroúb), from Hebrew כְּרוּב (kerúv).


flequer

ca-noun

flequer m (plural flequers, feminine flequera)


matacà

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + ca (“dog”).

ca-verb-obj

Strychnos nux-vomica
Strychnos nux-vomica#Translingual


forn de microones

ca-noun

forn de microones m (plural forns de microones)


isquèmia

From New Latin ischaemia, from Ancient Greek ἴσχαιμος (ískhaimos, “stoppage of blood flow”), from ῐ̓́σχω (ískhō, “to hold back, restrain; to stay, stop”) + αἷμᾰ (haîma, “blood”).


inrevés

(colloquial) back (the side of any object which is opposite the front or useful side)


botiguer

ca-noun

botiguer m (plural botiguers, feminine botiguera)


cosac

cosac m (plural cosacs, feminine cosaca)


existencialisme

existencialisme m (plural existencialismes)

Borrowed from French existentialisme. Equivalent to existencial + -isme.


eurodiputat

eurodiputat m (plural eurodiputats, feminine eurodiputada)

eurodiputats (plural)
eurodiputada (feminine)

Eurodeputy, MEP (Member of the European Parliament)


escarn

Deverbal from escarnir, from Vulgar Latin *escarnire representing Proto-Germanic *skarnjan. Cognate with Portuguese escárnio, Spanish escarnio and Italian scherno.


baríton

baritone (the male voice between tenor and bass)


encertant

encertant m or f by sense (plural encertants)


romanç

Inherited from Latin rōmānicē (“in the Roman manner”), adverbial form of rōmānicus (“Roman”).

inh+

romance (an adventure, or series of extraordinary events, resembling those narrated in romances)


musicòleg

ca-noun

musicòleg m (plural musicòlegs, feminine musicòloga)

musicòlegs (plural)
musicòloga (feminine)


benedictí

benedictí m (plural benedictins, feminine benedictina)

benedictins (plural)
benedictina (feminine)


paranimf

Learned borrowing from Latin paranymphus, from Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́νῠμφος (paránumphos).


peruà

ca-noun

peruà m (plural peruans, feminine peruana)


empremta

From empremt, past participle of obsolete emprémer from Latin imprimere. (Compare French empreindre.) Doublet of impremta.

print, track (a visible impression on a surface)


assagista

assagista m or f by sense (plural assagistes)


iugoslau

iugoslau m (plural iugoslaus, feminine iugoslava)


troià

troià m (plural troians, feminine troiana)


fajol

Apparently from a Vulgar Latin *fabeolum, masculinized diminutive of Latin faba (“bean”); probably formed by analogy with phaseolus (whence Catalan fesol).


drissa

Borrowed from Italian drizza, from drizzare (“to straighten”).


asmàtic

asmàtic m (plural asmàtics, feminine asmàtica)


desforestació

desforestació f (plural desforestacions)


kenyà

kenyà m (plural kenyans, feminine kenyana)


còdex

Borrowed from Latin cōdex. Doublet of codi.

codex (an official list of medicines and medicinal ingredients)


represàlia

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin reprēsalia, from reprehēnsus (“seized”). Compare French représaille, Italian rappresaglia.

(singular or plural) reprisal, retaliation


tramús

Borrowed from Arabic تُرْمُس (turmus). Cognate with Ancient Greek θερμός (thermós, “lupine”), which is also ultimately derived from Sumerian 𒋻𒄷 (TAR.MUŠ₈ /tarmuš/).


llobí

Inherited from Latin lupīnus, from lupus (“wolf”).


vilatà

ca-noun

vilatà m (plural vilatans, feminine vilatana)


EPI

Acronym of equip de protecció individual.


fugitiu

ca-noun

fugitiu m (plural fugitius, feminine fugitiva)


arxipreste

arxipreste m (plural arxiprestes, feminine arxiprestessa)

arxiprestes (plural)
arxiprestessa (feminine)


broqueta

From broc. Cognate with French brochette.


arboç

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *arbuciu, from Latin arbuteus (“of the strawberry tree”), from arbutus (“strawberry tree”). Compare French arbousier, Occitan arboça.


descolonització

ca-noun

descolonització f (plural descolonitzacions)


emilià

emilià m (plural emilians, feminine emiliana)

Emilian (native or inhabitant of Emilia) (male or of unspecified gender)


gascó

gascó m (plural gascons, feminine gascona)

Ultimately from Latin vascō. Doublet of basc and vascó.

Gascon (native or inhabitant of Gascony) (male or of unspecified gender)


balinès

balinès m (plural balinesos, feminine balinesa)

Balinese (native or inhabitant of Bali) (male or of unspecified gender)


caputxí

caputxí m (plural caputxins, feminine caputxina)

Borrowed from Italian cappuccino. Doublet of caputxino.

El convent de Sarrià fou el primer dels caputxins en terres ibèriques.
The convent of Sarrià was the first one of the Capuchins in the Iberian Peninsula.


minusvàlid

minusvàlid m (plural minusvàlids, feminine minusvàlida)

minusvàlids (plural)
minusvàlida (feminine)


entredit

"Posen en entredit la separació de poders", ha denunciat la consellera, que ha respost, sobre el compliment de les sentències, que "les sentències i els mandats democràtics s'han de complir i respectar".

2016 October 6, Albert Bertran, “Forcadell: "Ho tornaria a fer"”, in El Periódico:


closa

Nominalization of the feminine past participle of cloure.

the act or effect of closing or enclosing; closure


bohemià

bohemià m (plural bohemians, feminine bohemiana)


vulcanització

vulcanització f (plural vulcanitzacions)


bohemi

bohemi m (plural bohemis, feminine bohèmia)

Bohemian (native or inhabitant of Bohemia) (male or of unspecified gender)

bohemian (an unconventional or nonconformist artist or writer)


militarització

militarització f (plural militaritzacions)


capverdià

capverdià m (plural capverdians, feminine capverdiana)

capverdians (plural)
capverdiana (feminine)


majordoma

female equivalent of majordom (“housekeeper”)


desmilitarització

desmilitarització f (plural desmilitaritzacions)


séquia

Borrowed from Arabic سَاقِيَة (sāqiya, “irrigation”), from سَقَى (saqā, “to irrigate”). Compare Spanish acequia.


despolarització

ca-noun

despolarització f (plural despolaritzacions)


descontaminació

descontaminació f (plural descontaminacions)


palatalització

palatalització f (plural palatalitzacions)


parametrització

parametrització f (plural parametritzacions)


descarboxilació

descarboxilació f (plural descarboxilacions)


miniaturització

miniaturització f (plural miniaturitzacions)


estratificació

estratificació f (plural estratificacions)


colonitzador

colonitzador m (plural colonitzadors, feminine colonitzadora)

colonitzadors (plural)
colonitzadora (feminine)


capçada

Les capçades dels arbres s'il·luminen amb refulgències mats.

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

The treetops light up with matte reflections.


individualització

individualització f (plural individualitzacions)


fatimita

fatimita m or f by sense (plural fatimites)


majordom

majordom m (plural majordoms, feminine majordoma)


dramatització

dramatització f (plural dramatitzacions)


quiosc

kiosk (enclosed structure where cigarettes, magazines, etc are sold)


francmaçó

francmaçó m (plural francmaçons, feminine francmaçona)

francmaçons (plural)
francmaçona (feminine)

Borrowed from French franc-maçon, from English freemason.


electròlit

(chemistry) electrolyte (a substance that, in solution or when molten, ionizes and conducts electricity)


convencionalisme

convencionalisme m (plural convencionalismes)


bavarès

bavarès m (plural bavaresos, feminine bavaresa)


carismàtic

carismàtic m (plural carismàtics, feminine carismàtica)

carismàtics (plural)
carismàtica (feminine)


guipuscoà

guipuscoà m (plural guipuscoans, feminine guipuscoana)

guipuscoans (plural)
guipuscoana (feminine)

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


lliscat

(construction) render (thin coating of plaster)


fonamentalisme

fonamentalisme m (plural fonamentalismes)

From fonamental (“fundamental”) + -isme.


nabiu

From a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, possibly via a Vulgar Latin *anabionem or, considering its variants, *abanionem. Ultimately related to Basque ahabia (“bilberry”), Spanish anavia (“blueberry”), Gascon anajon (“blueberry”) and Languedocien abajon.


aranyó

From a proposed Hispano-Proto-Celtic *agraniō (“sloe”).

sloe (the small, bitter, wild fruit of the blackthorn)


malaisi

malaisi m (plural malaisis, feminine malàisia)


majusculació

capitalisation (choice of case when writing a word)


albí

Learned borrowing from Latin albīnus (“whitish”).


regionalisme

regionalism (affection for one's own region)

regionalism (political tendency to concede forms of politico-administrative autonomy to regions)


locomoció

locomotion (the ability to move from place to place)


improbabilitat

ca-noun

improbabilitat f (plural improbabilitats)


signatari

signatari m (plural signataris, feminine signatària)

signataris (plural)
signatària (feminine)


subunitat

subunit (any subdivision of a larger unit)


dominic

dominic m (plural dominics, feminine dominica)

Dominican (a member of the religious order founded by St. Dominic)


totxo

Borrowed from Aragonese tocho, from Latin tuscus. Compare Spanish tocho.


criminalització

criminalització f (plural criminalitzacions)


síndrome premenstrual

premenstrual syndrome
premenstrual syndrome


delme

Inherited from Old Catalan deume, from Latin decimus (“tenth; tithe”). For the development of the /l/, see colze.


marisc

(cooking, chiefly plural) seafood (edible aquatic life)


zambià

zambià m (plural zambians, feminine zambiana)


beninès

beninès m (plural beninesos, feminine beninesa)

Beninese (native or inhabitant of Benin) (male or of unspecified gender)


colúria

From Ancient Greek χολή (kholḗ, “bile”) + -úria.


hemoglobinúria

ca-noun

hemoglobinúria f (plural hemoglobinúries)


remissió

From Old Occitan remessió, from Latin remissiōnem.

(medicine) remission (an abatement or lessening of the manifestations of a disease)


labialització

labialització f (plural labialitzacions)


teòcrata

teòcrata m or f by sense (plural teòcrates)


estrateg

estrateg m (plural estrategs, feminine estratega)

Borrowed from French stratège, from Latin stratēgus, from Ancient Greek στρᾰτηγός (stratēgós, “general”).


tailandès

ca-noun

tailandès m (plural tailandesos, feminine tailandesa)

tailandesos (plural)
tailandesa (feminine)


capbussada

Un oasi on, fart de sol (o de para-sol), d'onades, de gent cridanera i de pilotades dels que, a falta de pàdel, es posen a jugar a pales, et puguis refugiar i, en comptes de calmar la calor amb una capbussada, et puguis refrescar amb un glop de cervesa congelada.

2018 July 13, Toni Polo Bettonica, “Cinc xiringuitos de platja”, in El País:


forns de microones

forn de microones
forn de microones#Catalan


desordre

disorder (absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner)


instrumentació

instrumentació f (plural instrumentacions)


captiu

captiu m (plural captius, feminine captiva)


terebint

Borrowed from Latin terebinthus, from Ancient Greek τερέβινθος (terébinthos).


bretxa

breach, gap (a gap or opening made by breaking or battering, as in a wall)


indemnització

indemnització f (plural indemnitzacions)

indemnity (repayment; compensation for loss or injury)


pergamí

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pergamīnus.


ratxa

Borrowed from Arabic رَجَّة (rajja, “agitation”), from رَجَّ (rajja, “to shake”). Cognate to Spanish racha.

bor+

(figurative) stretch, spell, period (an indefinite period of time)


quilomètric

(rail transport) a train ticket which allows the holder to travel a certain number of kilometers within a fixed span of time


gallofa

Perhaps from a Medieval Latin expression Galli offa, "food given to Frenchmen [Pilgrims]", extended metaphorically to mean "daily spiritual food".

a kind of ecclesiastical almanac combining the functions of a missal and a breviary


xufa

(chiefly Valencia) Alternative form of xufla


sécs

Pre-2016 spelling of secs (“folds; grooves; wrinkles”).


secors

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


monumentalitat

ca-noun

monumentalitat f (plural monumentalitats)


minuciositat

minutia (a minor detail, often of negligible importance)


parafang

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


parallamps

Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + llamps (“lightning bolts”).

lightning rod (a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning)


mitòman

ca-noun

mitòman m (plural mitòmans, feminine mitòmana)


nounat

nounat m (plural nounats, feminine nounada)


no-res

Zona zero, un solar, el no-res. Els epítets es multipliquen.

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


mocassí

moccasin (a traditional Native North American shoe)

moccasin (a modern shoe with either a low or no heel)


teleespectadora

teleespectadora f (plural teleespectadores)


teleespectador

teleespectador m (plural teleespectadors, feminine teleespectadora)

teleespectadors (plural)
teleespectadora (feminine)


hòstia

Borrowed from Latin hostia (“victim, sacrifice”). Compare Spanish hostia.


celeritat

Borrowed from Latin celeritāte, celeritās.


évol

Sambucus ebulus
Sambucus ebulus#Translingual

(Sambucus ebulus L.) danewort, dwarf elder


meteoròleg

ca-noun

meteoròleg m (plural meteoròlegs, feminine meteoròloga)

meteoròlegs (plural)
meteoròloga (feminine)


decàleg

Decalogue (any set of rules that have the weight of authority)


benfactor

benfactor m (plural benfactors, feminine benfactora)

benfactors (plural)
benfactora (feminine)


anglicà

anglicà m (plural anglicans, feminine anglicana)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin Anglicānus.


trencadissa

I no és estrany que sigui així, ara que tant es parla de la generació zoomer: són els nens que ja no vam educar en el “tu calla” o “estigues quiet”, i no els dèiem pas “això no ho toquis, que ho trencaràs”, sinó que observàvem la possible trencadissa com una exploració i un aprenentatge.

2020 October 21, Rudolf Ortega, “S’ha acabat el ‘brécol’”, in El País:


claustrofòbica

claustrofòbica f (plural claustrofòbiques)


claustrofòbic

claustrofòbic m (plural claustrofòbics, feminine claustrofòbica)

claustrofòbics (plural)
claustrofòbica (feminine)


universalitat

From Late Latin ūniversālitātem. First attested in the 14th century.


imperatiu

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

(grammar) imperative (the grammatical mood expressing an order)


buina

From earlier bovina, from Latin bovina (“pertaining to cattle”).


sobiranista

sobiranista m or f by sense (plural sobiranistes)


retroalimentació

retroalimentació f (plural retroalimentacions)


polimerització

polimerització f (plural polimeritzacions)


democratització

democratització f (plural democratitzacions)


lèmur

Borrowed from Latin lemurēs (“spirits of the dead”).


reintroducció

ca-noun

reintroducció f (plural reintroduccions)


categorització

categorització f (plural categoritzacions)


privatització

privatització f (plural privatitzacions)


intrusió

(law) the act of practicing a profession without a licence


factorització

factorització f (plural factoritzacions)


intensificació

intensificació f (plural intensificacions)


inexistència

Learned borrowing from Latin inexistentia.


internacionalització

ca-noun

internacionalització f (plural internacionalitzacions)


centralització

centralització f (plural centralitzacions)


subordinació

Borrowed from Medieval Latin subōrdinātiōnem.


fluorescència

Internationalism. Compare English and French fluorescence, Spanish fluorescencia, Portuguese fluorescência. By surface analysis, fluorescent + -ia.


provisionalitat

ca-noun

provisionalitat f (plural provisionalitats)


ric-ric

(by extension) cricket (an insect in the order Orthoptera)


sensesostre

sensesostre m or f by sense (invariable)

From sense (“without”) + sostre (“ceiling”).

Però què diferencia els sensellar dels sensesostre? ¿Els necessitem tots dos? Doncs sí, perquè per als sociòlegs no són sinònims. Una llar és més que un sostre.

2018 May 26, Albert Pla Nualart, “Els sensesostre són només una part dels sensellar”, in Ara, Opinió:

But why differentiate the homeless from the unsheltered? Do we need both? Well yes, because for sociologists they are not synonyms. A home is more than a roof.


confinament

Amb el confinament feia mesos que no podia visitar-la i tinc por de passar a ser un desconegut per a la meva pròpia mare.

2020 February 10, Daniel Bonaventura, “"Necessito abraçades i petons" ["I need hugs and kisses"]”, in Ara:

With the lockdown, it's been months since I've been able to visit her and I'm afraid of becoming a stranger to my own mother.

lockdown (the confinement of people in their own homes)


insuficiència

Borrowed from Latin īnsufficientia. First attested in 1393.


suficiència

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

aires de suficiència


solà

(architecture) terrace, veranda; loft, attic

(geography) adret (sunny side of a mountain)


pertorbació

Borrowed from Latin perturbātiōnem. First attested in 1696.


assoliment

From assolir + -ment. First attested in 1696.


restitució

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

restitution (the act of making good or compensating for loss or injury)


cocció

Borrowed from Latin coctiōnem. First attested in c. 1500. Doublet of coïssor.


menorquí

menorquí m (plural menorquins, feminine menorquina)

menorquins (plural)
menorquina (feminine)


marta pescadora

marta pescadora f (plural martes pescadores)


gorjal

(historical) gorget (piece of armour for the throat)


resignació

Borrowed from Latin resignātiōnem. First attested in 1445.


ensurt

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *īnsurctus, innovative past participle of Latin īnsurgō.


llonja

→ Spanish: lonja

(Valencia, Mallorca) Alternative form of llotja


llotja

→ Portuguese: loja

Borrowed from French loge or Italian loggia.


sermó

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

sermon (a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter)


tocadiscs

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


pobreta

female equivalent of pobret (“poor thing”)


mercè

Borrowed from Latin mercēs. First attested in the 12th century.

mercè a Déu


praderia

[pɾə.ðəˈɾi.ə]

From prat (“meadow”) + -eria. First attested in the 14th century.


anada i tornada

ca-noun

anada i tornada f (plural anades i tornades)


punt de partida

punt de partida m (plural punts de partida)


pobret

pobret m (plural pobrets, feminine pobreta)

From pobre (“poor”) + -et (diminutive suffix).

af

És una ximpleria i sé que tot està al meu cap, però les vegades que m'he assegut a un bar o a un restaurant a dinar sola –de sopar, ni parlar-ne!– em fa la impressió que la gent em mira i pensa "aix, pobreta".

2020 March 12, Erica Aspas, Time Out Barcelona, volume 588, page 8, column Fight!:

It's silly and I know it's all in my head, but the times that I've sat down at a bar or a restaurant to have lunch alone –dinner, there's no way!–, I get the feeling that people are looking at me and thinking, "ugh, poor thing."

poor thing (someone or something to be pitied)


escorcoll

Deverbal from escorcollar. First attested in the 14th century.


praderies

[pɾə.ðəˈɾi.əs]


corretja

From Latin corrigia. First attested in 1271.

strap (a long, narrow, pliable strip of leather, cloth, or the like)

belt (band used in a machine to help transfer motion or power)

(architecture) purlin (longitudinal structural member of a roof)


tallafoc

Verb-object compound, composed of talla (“to cut”) + foc (“fire”).


daurador

ca-noun

daurador m (plural dauradors, feminine dauradora)

From daurar (“to gild”) + -dor. First attested in 1413.


escreix

Inherited from Old Catalan escreix, deverbal of escréixer (“to add, to increase”).

in regime of separation property, voluntary donation of the husband to the wife's dowry


taquiller

taquiller m (plural taquillers, feminine taquillera)

taquillers (plural)
taquillera (feminine)


raciocini

La història del far no era la d'un raciocini perfecte.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 16, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

The history of the lighthouse was not that of a perfect act of reasoning.

(countable) act of reasoning, deliberation


escapament

gasos d'escapament

escapament d'àncora

(of a timepiece, piano, etc.) escapement


fòrint

forint (the basic unit of currency of Hungary)


elxà

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


il·licità

il·licità m (plural il·licitans, feminine il·licitana)

il·licitans (plural)
il·licitana (feminine)


ubiqüitat

Borrowed from Latin ubiquitātis, from ubīque (“everywhere”).


simitarra

From Italian scimitarra; ultimate origin unknown.


exetarra

exetarra m or f by sense (plural exetarres)

Aquests dies hi ha un estranyíssim debat sobre la participació d'exetarres a les llistes electorals de Bildu.

2023 May 19, Jordi Serrano, “Delictes de sang i la memòria de peix”, in Diari de Girona, Opinió:

These days there's a very strange debate over the participation of former ETA members in the electoral lists of Bildu.


docusèrie

Blend of documental (“documentary”) + sèrie (“series”).

blend

La Tierra de noche és una docusèrie que mostra per primera vegada com es comporten les espècies quan es fa de nit.

2020 March 5, Time Out Barcelona, volume 587, page 12, column Sèries:

Night on Earth is a docuseries that shows for the first time how species behave when night falls.


fullaraca

From fulla (“leaf”). Compare Spanish hojarasca.


prestatgeria

From prestatge + -eria. First attested in the 20th century.


bruguera

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin brūgāria.


falca

(linguistics) filler, filled pause (word used to fill a gap in speech)


revalorització

ca-noun

revalorització f (plural revaloritzacions)


regionalització

regionalització f (plural regionalitzacions)


desconstrucció

desconstrucció f (plural desconstruccions)


desorientació

desorientació f (plural desorientacions)


gallof

gallof m (plural gallofs, feminine gallofa)

Borrowed from Spanish gallofo (“bum”) from gallofa (“food given as alms”). Perhaps from a Medieval Latin expression Galli offa, "food given to Frenchmen [Pilgrims]".


desintoxicació

desintoxicació f (plural desintoxicacions)


virtualització

virtualització f (plural virtualitzacions)


sobreproducció

sobreproducció f (plural sobreproduccions)


naturalització

naturalització f (plural naturalitzacions)


multiplexació

multiplexació f (plural multiplexacions)


mitigació

Borrowed from Latin mītigātiōnem. First attested in 1803.


llatinització

llatinització f (plural llatinitzacions)


hipòcrita

hipòcrita m or f by sense (plural hipòcrites)


macarró

Borrowed from French macaron, from Italian maccherone.


morrió

muselet (wire cage fitted over a wine cork)

grate (grill placed over a drain or sewer)


liró

Borrowed from Spanish lirón, ultimately from Latin glis.


camussa

From Late Latin camox or a related unattested form, probably ultimately derived from an extinct Alpine language.


conxorxa

[kuɲˈʃɔr.ʃə]

[koɲˈʃɔr.ʃə]

[koɲˈt͡ʃɔɾ.t͡ʃa]

Inherited from Old Catalan consòrcia, borrowed from Latin cōnsortium (via the plural consortia). First attested before 1893 in its modern form.


prefaci

Borrowed from Latin praefātiō. First attested in 1599.


vesc

Grisolda, Grisolda, / quins reguitzells de vesc

1992, “Carta a Donosti”, in Bamboo Avenue, performed by Umpah-pah:


feristela

From dialectal feristea (“grotesque”), a derivative of ferest (“savage”), with an ending influenced by mostela (“weasel”).


eritreu

eritreu m (plural eritreus, feminine eritrea)


delfí

dauphin (the eldest son of the king of France)


egiptòleg

egiptòleg m (plural egiptòlegs, feminine egiptòloga)

egiptòlegs (plural)
egiptòloga (feminine)


cassó

From cassa + -ó. First attested in 1546.


capadoci

capadoci m (plural capadocis, feminine capadòcia)


gamarús

gamarús m (plural gamarussos, feminine gamarussa)

gamarussos (plural)
gamarussa (feminine)

Em sentia com un gamarús. Com un enze complet, sense saber què fer, ni què dir.

2012, Manuel Oriol, De somnis i d'altres incerteses: Una història d’amor, en blanc i negre, Palibrio, →ISBN:

Ets un gamarús, va dir l'Astrid. Et sabria greu dir-m'ho una altra vegada, unes quantes vegades?, va dir en Magnus. Ets un gamarús, gamarús, gamarús, va dir l'Astrid sense treure els ulls del televisor. Hi ha una manera de calcular la tristesa?

2017, Ali Smith, translated by Dolors Udina, L'accidental, Rayo Verde Editorial, →ISBN:


xativí

xativí m (plural xativins, feminine xativina)

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


capsigrany

Perhaps from earlier and dialectal capserigany, from cap (“head”) and Latin sericaneus (“silken”) from sericus.


majorista

majorista m or f by sense (plural majoristes)


llimac

From a presumed masculine variant of Vulgar Latin limāca, from Latin līmāx.


alfolba

From Andalusian Arabic الْحُلْبَة (al-ḥúlba), from Arabic حُلْبَة (ḥulba).


ròssa

Pre-2016 spelling of rossa (“nag, hack (worn-out horse); carrion”).


testimoniatge

From testimoniar (“to witness”) + -atge. First attested in the 14th century.

testimony (statements made by a witness in court)


palaia

Inherited from Latin (solea) pelagica (“pelagic sole”).


gaiata

Castelló de la Plana
Castelló de la Plana

(folklore) An illuminated monument erected on the streets of Castelló de la Plana during the annual Magdalena Festival.


maial

Borrowed from Latin maialis (“pig, hog, swine”).


pantera nebulosa

ca-noun

pantera nebulosa f (plural panteres nebuloses)

clouded leopard (big cat in the genus Neofelis)


medi ambient

environment (the natural world or ecosystem)


capdavanter

capdavanter m (plural capdavanters, feminine capdavantera)

capdavanters (plural)
capdavantera (feminine)


pèrit

pèrit m (plural pèrits, feminine pèrita)


llibretera

[ʎi.βɾəˈte.ɾə]


pinzell

→ Portuguese: pincel

→ Spanish: pincel

Inherited from Latin pēnicillum (“paintbrush”).

inh+

(botany) Staehelina dubia, a flowering plant native to the western Mediterranean


ganya

Unknown. Related to Occitan gaunha (“gill”).

unk

Unknown


botswanés

ca-noun

botswanés m (plural botswanesos, feminine botswanesa)

botswanesos (plural)
botswanesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of botswanès


ullera

monocular (portable refracting telescope)


llauner

llauner m (plural llauners, feminine llaunera)


riell

From Latin rīvellus, diminutive of rīvus (“small stream”). In the “rail” sense a re-borrowing of Spanish riel.


riota

Borrowed from Occitan ribota (“noisy revelry”), from French ribote.


jupa

Borrowed from Old Italian giubba, from Arabic جُبَّة (jubba).


castellanisme

Castilianism (unadapted borrowing from Castilian Spanish)


escarabeu

[əs.kə.ɾəˈβɛw]

Borrowed from Latin scarabaeus. Doublet of escarabat.

scarab (amulet in the shape of a sacred scarab)


ribot

(carpentry) plane (tool for smoothing wood)


jull

Lolium temulentum
Lolium temulentum#Translingual

darnel (type of ryegrass, Lolium temulentum)


furó

Inherited from Late Latin furōne, fūrō (“thief”). Compare Spanish hurón.


hortal

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *hortāle, from hortus (“garden”).


romanço

Back-formation from romanços, plural of romanç (“romance”).

(colloquial) romance (prose narrative focusing on extraordinary events)


campaneta

(botany) a name given to various species of plants with campanulate flowers, particularly the bellflowers (Campanula sp.) and various species in the morning glory family

Abutilon theophrasti
Abutilon theophrasti#Translingual

(botany) velvetleaf (Abutilon theophrasti)


braçat

From braç (“arm”) + -at. First attested in the 15th century.

armful (the amount an arm or arms can hold)


novici

ca-noun

novici m (plural novicis, feminine novícia)

Borrowed from Latin novīcius. First attested in 1316.

novice (a newcomer of a religious order)


mostassa

Inherited from Latin mustāceus (with a later shift in gender), itself from mustum (“must”), because the condiment was originally prepared with must.


naturalitat

From Late Latin nātūrālitātem. First attested in 1492.


saguntí

saguntí m (plural saguntins, feminine saguntina)

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


pebrada

A Menorca s'utilitza el terme pebrada o pixacans per designar els bolets que no es mengen.

On Minorca, the term pebrada or pixacans is used to designate mushrooms which are not eaten.

the bitter beech bolete (Caloboletus calopus), an inedible mushroom with a bitter taste

La salsa pebrada devia ser una de les salses més emblemàtiques de la cuina medieval catalana.

Pepper sauce must be one of the most emblematic sauces of mediaeval Catalan cuisine.


reticència

Borrowed from Latin reticentia. First attested in the 20th century.


consolació

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


espona

Inherited from Latin sponda (“bedstead”). Compare Italian sponda (“river, shore”).

inh+

ruelle (the space between the side of the bed and the wall)


originalitat

From original + -itat. First attested in 1839.


mestral

Inherited from Old Catalan maestral, from Late Latin magistrālis. Doublet of magistral, a learned borrowing.


tramesa

submission (as in submitting an article)


xancleta

[ʃəŋˈklɛ.tə]

[ʃəŋˈklə.tə]


càrritx

From Latin carex (“reed-grass”), probably via Mozarabic qárriči.

Mauritania grass (Ampelodesmos mauritanicus), a type of bunchgrass harvested for its fibre


moldau

ca-noun

moldau m (plural moldaus, feminine moldava)


saïm

From a Vulgar Latin *sagīmen, from Latin sagīna. Doublet of sagí. Compare Spanish saín.

lard (rendered animal fat, especially pork fat)


galiassa

galleass (a type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries)


gabonès

gabonès m (plural gabonesos, feminine gabonesa)


setí

(in the plural) honesty (ornamental plant)


sagí

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *saginu(m), from Latin sagina. Doublet of saïm.


remoció

Borrowed from Latin remōtiōnem. First attested in 1392.


cumpleanys

Borrowed from Spanish cumpleaños (“birthday”).


abreviació

From Ecclesiastical Latin abbreviātiōnem.


auró

Probably from Vulgar Latin *acerone, from Latin acer.


endèmia

endemic (a disease affecting a number of people simultaneously, so as to show a distinct connection with certain localities)


cribratge

[kɾiˈβɾa.d͡ʒə]

(medicine) screening (the process of checking or filtering)


estacionalitat

ca-noun

estacionalitat f (plural estacionalitats)


covament

incubation (sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young)


incubació

(pathology) incubation (the development of a disease from its causes)


peüc

From Vulgar Latin *pedūcus, from Latin pēs, pedis (“foot”).

bootee (a soft, woolen shoe, usually knitted, for a baby or small pet)

bootee (an overshoe or sock worn to cover dirty shoes or feet)


musclo

Inherited from Old Catalan musclo, from Latin mūsculus. Doublet of múscul (“muscle”) and muscle (“shoulder”).


rastrejadora

female equivalent of rastrejador (“tracker, tracer”)


rastrejador

ca-noun

rastrejador m (plural rastrejadors, feminine rastrejadora)

rastrejadors (plural)
rastrejadora (feminine)


rastreig

rastreig m (plural rastreigs or rastrejos)

[rəsˈtɾɛt͡ʃ]

[rəsˈtɾət͡ʃ]


txakra

Borrowed from Sanskrit चक्र (cakra, “wheel, circle, point”). Doublet of cicle.


limburguès

ca-noun

limburguès m (plural limburguesos, feminine limburguesa)

limburguesos (plural)
limburguesa (feminine)

Limburgian, Limburger (native or inhabitant of Limburg) (male or of unspecified gender)


pom de dalt

(castells) the cluster at the top of a castell making up its top three storeys, consisting of the dosos, acotxador, and enxaneta


acotxaneta

acotxaneta m or f by sense (plural acotxanetes)

(castells) a single casteller who surmounts the dosos and crowns the castell, in the place of both an acotxador and enxaneta


acotxador

acotxador m (plural acotxadors, feminine acotxadora)

acotxadors (plural)
acotxadora (feminine)

(castells) the casteller in the pom de dalt who crouches on the shoulders of the dosos and is straddled by the enxaneta


irritació

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


salivació

Borrowed from Latin salīvātiōnem. First attested in 1839.


cop baix

(boxing) low blow (an unfair or illegal blow that lands below the opponent’s waist)

(figurative) low blow (any attack that is considered unfair or unscrupulous)


ronya

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *ronea, variant of Latin arānea (“spiderweb”).


goècia

Borrowed from Latin goetia, from Ancient Greek γοητεία (goēteía, “witchcraft”), from γόης (góēs, “sorceror”).


llebeig

ca-noun

llebeig m (plural llebeigs or llebetjos)


alfac

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الفك (al-fákk), from Arabic فَكّ (fakk, “jaw(bone)”).

bor+

Tota la colla eixí a cercar ous de tortuga a l’alfac.

The whole gang went out to look for turtle eggs on the sandbar.

a shoal which forms at the mouth of a river


cretenc

(linguistics) Cretan (the dialect of Greek spoken in Crete)


enguixades

[əŋ.ɡiˈʃa.ðəs]


enguixada

[əŋ.ɡiˈʃa.ðə]


guixaire

ca-noun

guixaire m or f by sense (plural guixaires)

From guix + -aire. First attested in 1803.


impetuositat

From impetuós + -itat. First attested in 1803.


entrecuix

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *intercoxium.


assamés

ca-noun

assamés m (plural assamesos, feminine assamesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of assamès


azerbaidjanés

azerbaidjanés m (plural azerbaidjanesos, feminine azerbaidjanesa)

azerbaidjanesos (plural)
azerbaidjanesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of azerbaidjanès


tradicionalisme

tradicionalisme m (plural tradicionalismes)


netedat

From net + -dat, or from Latin nitiditāte, nitiditās.


cornella

Inherited from Old Catalan cornella~corneylla, from Latin cornīcula, diminutive of cornīx (“crow”).

Corvus corone
Corvus corone#Translingual

a crow, especially the carrion crow (Corvus corone)


esturió

Borrowed from Medieval Latin sturiōnem, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *sturjô (“sturgeon”).


sexòloga

female equivalent of sexòleg (“sexologist”)


sexòleg

sexòleg m (plural sexòlegs, feminine sexòloga)


cisalla

heavy-duty shears (for cutting metal, bone, etc.)


sofraja

poplit (the hollow behind the knee), "knee pit", "popliteal fossa"


rossellonès

rossellonès m (plural rossellonesos, feminine rossellonesa)

rossellonesos (plural)
rossellonesa (feminine)

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


rossellonès

the dialect of Catalan spoken in Roussillon


fatxa

Borrowed from Italian faccia, from Late Latin facia.


fatxa

Borrowed from Spanish facha, shortening of Spanish fascista.


coreògrafa

female equivalent of coreògraf (“choreographer”)


sevillà

sevillà m (plural sevillans, feminine sevillana)


salvavides

Verb-object compound, composed of salva (“to save”) + vides (“lives”).

ca-verb-obj

(transport) cowcatcher (of a train), fender (of a tram)

Clipping of bot salvavides (“lifeboat”).


ostrogot

ca-noun

ostrogot m (plural ostrogots, feminine ostrogoda)


hipocondríac

hipocondríac m (plural hipocondríacs, feminine hipocondríaca)

hipocondríacs (plural)
hipocondríaca (feminine)


epítet

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίθετον (epítheton).


discòrdia

Borrowed from Latin discordia. First attested in 1244.


caftà

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish قفتان (kaftan), from Arabic قَفْطَان (qafṭān).


lligadura

[ʎi.ɣəˈðu.ɾə]

(medicine) ligature (the thread used in surgery to close a vessel or duct)


mallerenga

[mə.ʎəˈɾɛŋ.ɡə]

[mə.ʎəˈɾəŋ.ɡə]

Borrowed from Frankish *meisinga. The Catalan form first became *merlenga under the influence of merla (“blackbird”) and then merellenga by folk etymology, influenced by llengua (“tongue”), as tits are considered noisy birds. Finally, metathesis in some varieties yielded the form mallerenga. Compare Occitan mesenga.

Aegithalos caudatus
Aegithalos caudatus#Translingual

Cyanistes caeruleus
Cyanistes caeruleus#Translingual

any native bird of the family Paridae, such as the long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus) or the blue tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)


redescobriment

ca-noun

redescobriment m (plural redescobriments)


embranzida

Perhaps from a blend of brandir (“to brandish”) and brunzir (“to hum”); the initial em- is a secondary development.

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

1994, Carmen Riera, Dins el darrer blau:

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


somiador

somiador m (plural somiadors, feminine somiadora)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin somniātōrem, or from somiar + -dor.


beneficiària

female equivalent of beneficiari (“beneficiary”)


sureny

Boletus pinophilus
Boletus pinophilus#Translingual


genísser

Borrowed from Italian giannizzero, from Ottoman Turkish یڭیچری (yeniçeri).

der

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">yeniçeri</i>


sèver

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic صِبْر (ṣíbr), from Arabic صَبْر (ṣabr).


plomatge

plumage (layer or collection of feathers covering a bird’s body)


recobriment

covering (the act of covering completely)


potada

Va escoltar les potades d'un cavall en la fosca.

He heard the stamping of a horse in the darkness.

a blow from an animal's paw or hoof; the sound this makes


congost

ca-noun

congost m (plural congosts or congostos)

Inherited from Late Latin congustus (“narrow”) < coangustus.


andrògina

female equivalent of androgin (“androgyne”)


androgin

ca-noun

androgin m (plural androgins, feminine andrògina)


esplet

Inherited from Latin explicitus. Doublet of explícit and èxplicit.

Ha pres el seu te amb llet i un esplet de variades llaminadures.

He took his tea with milk and an abundance of varied delicacies.


bermudiana

female equivalent of bermudià (“Bermudian”)

(nautical) Marconi sail (triangular sail used with a Bermuda rig)


piulada

“Continuo fent piulades personals però és el meu equip qui gestiona el dia a dia del compte. Així estic al corrent dels missatges i de la seva activitat, però amb distància”.

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


all de bruixa

[ˈaʎ ðə ˈβɾu.ʃə]

[ˈaʎ ðə ˈbɾu.ʃə]

Allium ursinum
Allium ursinum#Translingual


galotxa

[ɡəˈlɔ.t͡ʃə]

Borrowed from French galoche; see there for further etymology. Compare also Occitan galòcha.

(sports) an amateur form of pilota valenciana played in the street


malfactor

malfactor m (plural malfactors, feminine malefactora)

malfactors (plural)
malefactora (feminine)

wrongdoer, evildoer; criminal, delinquent


contrapés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of contrapès


etilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of etilè


malentés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of malentès


moçambiqués

moçambiqués m (plural moçambiquesos, feminine moçambiquesa)

moçambiquesos (plural)
moçambiquesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of moçambiquès


afganés

afganés m (plural afganesos, feminine afganesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of afganès


angolés

angolés m (plural angolesos, feminine angolesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of angolès


pakistanés

pakistanés m (plural pakistanesos, feminine pakistanesa)

pakistanesos (plural)
pakistanesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of pakistanès


bavarés

bavarés m (plural bavaresos, feminine bavaresa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bavarès


friülés

friülés m (plural friülesos, feminine friülesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of friülès


navarrés

navarrés m (plural navarresos, feminine navarresa)

navarresos (plural)
navarresa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of navarrès


novaiorqués

novaiorqués m (plural novaiorquesos, feminine novaiorquesa)

novaiorquesos (plural)
novaiorquesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of novaiorquès


singalés

singalés m (plural singalesos, feminine singalesa)

singalesos (plural)
singalesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of singalès


ripollés

ripollés m (plural ripollesos, feminine ripollesa)

ripollesos (plural)
ripollesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ripollès


rossellonés

rossellonés m (plural rossellonesos, feminine rossellonesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of rossellonès


rabeig

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rapidium, from rapidus.

a pool in a river (suitable for bathing)


empordanés

empordanés m (plural empordanesos, feminine empordanesa)

empordanesos (plural)
empordanesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of empordanès


pallarés

pallarés m (plural pallaresos, feminine pallaresa)

pallaresos (plural)
pallaresa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of pallarès


butilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of butilè


xilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of xilè (“Chilean”)


xilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of xilè (“xylene”)


zirié

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ziriè


tolué

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of toluè


tiofé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tiofè


penté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of pentè


hexilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hexilè


polié

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of poliè


propé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of propè


terpé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of terpè


ocimé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ocimè


nafté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of naftè


llenguado

[ʎəŋˈɡwa.ðu]

[ʎəŋˈɡwa.ðo]


vuité

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vuitè


setzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of setzè


vinté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vintè


tirré

tirré m (plural tirrens, feminine tirrena)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tirrè


urgellés

urgellés m (plural urgellesos, feminine urgellesa)

urgellesos (plural)
urgellesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of urgellès


tirrè

tirrè m (plural tirrens, feminine tirrena)


hepté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of heptè


hapté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of haptè


fosfé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fosfè


fulvé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fulvè


duodé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of duodè


benzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of benzè


camfé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of camfè


crisé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of crisè


alqué

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of alquè


arilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of arilè


amilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of amilè


al·lé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of al·lè


zigoté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of zigotè


dotzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of dotzè


terebé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of terebè


retiné

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of retinè


polietilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of polietilè


perilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of perilè


licopé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of licopè


neopré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of neoprè


piroxé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of piroxè


isopré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of isoprè


fenilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fenilè


polité

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of politè


txetxé

txetxé m (plural txetxens, feminine txetxena)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of txetxè


quinzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of quinzè


tretzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tretzè


trenté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of trentè


limoné

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of limonè


caroté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of carotè


tungsté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tungstè


querosé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of querosè


propilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of propilè


cinqué

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cinquè


eslové

eslové m (plural eslovens, feminine eslovena)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of eslovè


dinové

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of denové


paquité

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of paquitè


requetè

(historical) a Carlist soldier during the First Carlist War

(historical) a Franquist soldier from Navarre during the Spanish Civil War


hel·lé

hel·lé m (plural hel·lens, feminine hel·lena)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hel·lè


setanté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of setantè


hel·lè

hel·lè m (plural hel·lens, feminine hel·lena)


semiplé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of semiplè


palafré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of palafrè


divuité

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of dihuité


noranté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of norantè


disseté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of desseté


palafrè

→ Spanish: palafrén


desseté

(Valencia, fractional number) Alternative form of dissetè


huitanta-nové

huitanta-nové m (plural huitanta-novens)

(Valencia, fractional number) Alternative form of vuitanta-novè


huitanta-seté

huitanta-seté m (plural huitanta-setens)

(Valencia, fractional number) Alternative form of vuitanta-setè


seixanta-huité

seixanta-huité m (plural seixanta-huitens)

(Valencia) Alternative form of seixanta-vuitè


adoberia

[ə.ðu.βəˈɾi.ə]


molibdé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of molibdè


periodiste

periodiste m (plural periodistes, feminine periodista)

periodistes (plural)
periodista (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative form of periodista


leptoté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of leptotè


naftalé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of naftalè


diploté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of diplotè


isobuté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of isobutè


fosfazé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fosfazè


ferrocé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ferrocè


esqualé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of esqualè


heptilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of heptilè


isobutilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of isobutilè


alcadié

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of alcadiè


butadié

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of butadiè


isobutilè

(organic chemistry) isobutene, isobutylene


acetilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of acetilè


terraplé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of terraplè


antracé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of antracè


natzaré

natzaré m (plural natzarens, feminine natzarena)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of natzarè


natzarè

natzarè m (plural natzarens, feminine natzarena)

[nə.d͡zəˈɾɛ]

[nə.d͡zəˈɾə]


catorzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of catorzè


damasquí

damasquí m (plural damasquins, feminine damasquina)

damasquins (plural)
damasquina (feminine)


servofré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of servofrè


combregador

combregador m (plural combregadors, feminine combregadora)

combregadors (plural)
combregadora (feminine)

(Christianity) communicant (a person allowed to receive Holy Communion)


vint-i-tresé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vint-i-tresè


vint-i-uné

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vint-i-unè


vint-i-dosé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vint-i-dosè


alfals

Borrowed from Arabic الْفَصْفَصَة (al-faṣfaṣa).

bor+

الْفَصْفَصَة


mesitilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of mesitilè


indantré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of indantrè


azobenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of azobenzè


bergapté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bergaptè


cloropré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cloroprè


zingiberé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of zingiberè


azobenzè

(organic chemistry) azobenzene (an aromatic azo compound, diphenyl diazene, the basis of many dyes)


indoprofé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of indoprofè


etilbenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of etilbenzè


benzopiré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of benzopirè


vinilbenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of vinilbenzè


metal·locé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of metal·locè


nitrobenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of nitrobenzè


cicloalqué

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cicloalquè


zingiberè

[ziɲ.ʒi.βəˈɾɛ]


ortopiroxé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ortopiroxè


poliestiré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of poliestirè


metilbenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of metilbenzè


no-sé-què

je ne sais quoi (an indefinable quality)


electrofré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of electrofrè


fluoranté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of fluorantè


cinquanté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cinquantè


antioqué

ca-noun

antioqué m (plural antioquens, feminine antioquena)

antioquens (plural)
antioquena (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of antioquè


antioquè

antioquè m (plural antioquens, feminine antioquena)


bromobenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bromobenzè


metilparabé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of metilparabè


sesquiterpé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of sesquiterpè


polipropilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of polipropilè


propilparabé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of propilparabè


metilacetilé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of metilacetilè


ferrotungsté

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ferrotungstè


ferromolibdé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ferromolibdè


hidroxibenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hidroxibenzè


dodecilbenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of dodecilbenzè


metilacetilè

From metil (“methyl”) + acetilè (“acetylene”).

af

(organic chemistry) propyne, methylacetylene


policloropré

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of policloroprè


dimetilbenzé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of dimetilbenzè


trinitrotolué

ca-noun

trinitrotolué m (plural trinitrotoluens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of trinitrotoluè


clinopiroxé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of clinopiroxè


ciclopentadié

ciclopentadié m (plural ciclopentadiens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ciclopentadiè


percloroetilé

percloroetilé m (plural percloroetilens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of percloroetilè


dimetilbenzè

From dimetil (“dimethyl”) + benzè (“benzene”).

af

(organic chemistry) xylene, dimethylbenzene


tetracloroetilé

ca-noun

tetracloroetilé m (plural tetracloroetilens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tetracloroetilè


decahidronaftalé

decahidronaftalé m (plural decahidronaftalens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of decahidronaftalè


ciclopentadiè

ciclopentadiè m (plural ciclopentadiens)


tetrahidronaftalé

tetrahidronaftalé m (plural tetrahidronaftalens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tetrahidronaftalè


isopropilbenzè

isopropilbenzè m (plural isopropilbenzens)

From isopropil (“isopropyl”) + benzè (“benzene”).

af

(organic chemistry) cumene, isopropylbenzene


tetracloroetilè

ca-noun

tetracloroetilè m (plural tetracloroetilens)

From tetra- + cloro- + etilè (“ethylene”).


percloroetilè

percloroetilè m (plural percloroetilens)

From per- + cloro- + etilè (“ethylene”).

(organic chemistry) tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene


hidroxinaftalé

hidroxinaftalé m (plural hidroxinaftalens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hidroxinaftalè


politetrafluoroetilé

politetrafluoroetilé m (plural politetrafluoroetilens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of politetrafluoroetilè


hexaclorobenzé

hexaclorobenzé m (plural hexaclorobenzens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hexaclorobenzè


hidroxibenzè

(organic chemistry) phenol, hydroxybenzene


tetrafluoroetilè

tetrafluoroetilè m (plural tetrafluoroetilens)

From tetra- + fluoro- + etilè (“ethylene”).


decahidronaftalè

decahidronaftalè m (plural decahidronaftalens)

From deca- + hidro- + naftalè (“naphthalene”).

af

(organic chemistry) decalin, decahydronaphthalene


politetrafluoroetilè

ca-noun

politetrafluoroetilè m (plural politetrafluoroetilens)


tetrahidronaftalè

tetrahidronaftalè m (plural tetrahidronaftalens)

From tetra- + hidro- + naftalè (“naphthalene”).


hidroxinaftalè

ca-noun

hidroxinaftalè m (plural hidroxinaftalens)

From hidroxi- + naftalè (“naphthalene”).


hexaclorobenzè

hexaclorobenzè m (plural hexaclorobenzens)

From hexa- + cloro- + benzè (“benzene”).


xerés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of xerès


repés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of repès


tetrafluoroetilé

tetrafluoroetilé m (plural tetrafluoroetilens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tetrafluoroetilè


pagés

pagés m (plural pagesos, feminine pagesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of pagès


isopropilbenzé

isopropilbenzé m (plural isopropilbenzens)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of isopropilbenzè


hexaclorofé

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of hexaclorofè


xarpellera

[ʃər.pəˈʎe.ɾə]

Inherited from Old Catalan enserpellar, eixerpellar, possibly from Latin scirpiculus (from scirpus (“bullrush”)) with the prefix ex-.


arlés

arlés m (plural arlesos, feminine arlesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of arlès


trinitrotoluè

trinitrotoluè m (plural trinitrotoluens)


elnés

elnés m (plural elnesos, feminine elnesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of elnès


elnès

elnès m (plural elnesos, feminine elnesa)

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


arlès

arlès m (plural arlesos, feminine arlesa)

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


zairés

zairés m (plural zairesos, feminine zairesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of zairès


zairès

zairès m (plural zairesos, feminine zairesa)


sienès

sienès m (plural sienesos, feminine sienesa)


patués

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of patuès


patuès

patois (a regional dialect of a language, usually considered substandard)


maonés

maonés m (plural maonesos, feminine maonesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of maonès


nuorés

nuorés m (plural nuoresos, feminine nuoresa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of nuorès


liegés

liegés m (plural liegesos, feminine liegesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of liegès


ghanès

ghanès m (plural ghanesos, feminine ghanesa)


siamès

siamès m (plural siamesos, feminine siamesa)


nuorès

nuorès m (plural nuoresos, feminine nuoresa)

Nuorese (native or inhabitant of Nuoro) (male or of unspecified gender)


avilès

avilès m (plural avilesos, feminine avilesa)

native or inhabitant of Ávila, Spain (male or of unspecified gender)


liegès

liegès m (plural liegesos, feminine liegesa)

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


bernès

bernès m (plural bernesos, feminine bernesa)

Bernese (native or inhabitant of Bern (city in Switzerland)) (male or of unspecified gender)


avilés

avilés m (plural avilesos, feminine avilesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of avilès


saboga

Inherited from Late Latin samauca, with change of m to b, from Proto-Celtic *samos (“summer”).

any fish of the genus Alosa, particularly the allis shad (Alosa alosa)


jerarquització

jerarquització f (plural jerarquitzacions)


empelt

(horticulture) grafting (the act, art, or process of inserting grafts)

(horticulture) graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)

(horticulture) graft (a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot)

(surgery) graft (the transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface)

(surgery) graft (a portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty)


manometria

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


somniatruites

ca-noun

somniatruites m or f by sense (invariable)


rodamón

rodamón m or f by sense (plural rodamons)

Verb-object compound, composed of roda (“to turn, to circle”) + món (“world”).


torinés

ca-noun

torinés m (plural torinesos, feminine torinesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of torinès


veronès

veronès m (plural veronesos, feminine veronesa)

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


torinès

torinès m (plural torinesos, feminine torinesa)

Turinese (native or inhabitant of Turin) (male or of unspecified gender)


togolès

togolès m (plural togolesos, feminine togolesa)


desfrés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of desfrès


pragués

pragués m (plural praguesos, feminine praguesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of praguès


guyanès

guyanès m (plural guyanesos, feminine guyanesa)


gironés

gironés m (plural gironesos, feminine gironesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of gironès


timorès

timorès m (plural timoresos, feminine timoresa)


praguès

praguès m (plural praguesos, feminine praguesa)

Praguer (native or inhabitant of Prague) (male or of unspecified gender)


tirolès

tirolès m (plural tirolesos, feminine tirolesa)


modenès

modenès m (plural modenesos, feminine modenesa)


iroquès

iroquès m (plural iroquesos, feminine iroquesa)

Borrowed from French iroquois. Perhaps ultimately from Algonquian–Basque pidgin hilokoa (“killer”), from Basque hil (“to kill”).


gironès

gironès m (plural gironesos, feminine gironesa)

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


milanès

milanès m (plural milanesos, feminine milanesa)


modenés

modenés m (plural modenesos, feminine modenesa)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of modenès


casquet

a skullcap, side cap, or other brimless, visorless cap

Els agents dels Mossos d'Esquadra van trobar un casquet a l'interior de la casa.

The officers of the Troopers found a spent shell in the interior of the house.


casqueta

(Catalonia) a small fried pastry filled with preserves; a turnover


sobrepés

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of sobrepès


tongalés

tongalés m (plural tongalesos, feminine tongalesa)

tongalesos (plural)
tongalesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of tongalès


sasserés

sasserés m (plural sasseresos, feminine sasseresa)

sasseresos (plural)
sasseresa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of sasserès


parroquià

parroquià m (plural parroquians, feminine parroquiana)

parroquians (plural)
parroquiana (feminine)


ravennés

ravennés m (plural ravennesos, feminine ravennesa)

ravennesos (plural)
ravennesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of ravennès


narbonés

narbonés m (plural narbonesos, feminine narbonesa)

narbonesos (plural)
narbonesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of narbonès


feligrès

feligrès m (plural feligresos, feminine feligresa)

feligresos (plural)
feligresa (feminine)

Borrowed from Spanish feligrés, from Vulgar Latin filiī ecclēsiae (“sons of the church”).


bolonyés

ca-noun

bolonyés m (plural bolonyesos, feminine bolonyesa)

bolonyesos (plural)
bolonyesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bolonyès


cordovés

cordovés m (plural cordovesos, feminine cordovesa)

cordovesos (plural)
cordovesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cordovès


sasserès

sasserès m (plural sasseresos, feminine sasseresa)

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


ravennès

ravennès m (plural ravennesos, feminine ravennesa)


narbonès

narbonès m (plural narbonesos, feminine narbonesa)

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


bhutanés

bhutanés m (plural bhutanesos, feminine bhutanesa)

bhutanesos (plural)
bhutanesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of bhutanès


congolès

congolès m (plural congolesos, feminine congolesa)

congolesos (plural)
congolesa (feminine)


algarvés

algarvés m (plural algarvesos, feminine algarvesa)

algarvesos (plural)
algarvesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of algarvès


bolonyès

bolonyès m (plural bolonyesos, feminine bolonyesa)


tongalès

tongalès m (plural tongalesos, feminine tongalesa)


pequinès

pequinès m (plural pequinesos, feminine pequinesa)

pequinesos (plural)
pequinesa (feminine)

Beijinger (native or inhabitant of Beijing) (male or of unspecified gender)


burundès

burundès m (plural burundesos, feminine burundesa)

burundesos (plural)
burundesa (feminine)


bhutanès

bhutanès m (plural bhutanesos, feminine bhutanesa)


zelandès

zelandès m (plural zelandesos, feminine zelandesa)

zelandesos (plural)
zelandesa (feminine)


berlinès

berlinès m (plural berlinesos, feminine berlinesa)

berlinesos (plural)
berlinesa (feminine)

Berliner (native or inhabitant of Berlin) (male or of unspecified gender)


cordovès

cordovès m (plural cordovesos, feminine cordovesa)


algarvès

algarvès m (plural algarvesos, feminine algarvesa)

native or inhabitant of the Algarve (male or of unspecified gender)


calabrès

calabrès m (plural calabresos, feminine calabresa)

calabresos (plural)
calabresa (feminine)

[kə.ləˈβɾɛs]

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


calabrès

[kə.ləˈβɾɛs]


rubiol

Possibly from a Vulgar Latin *rubeolus, a diminutive of Latin rubeus (“red”); or an alternation of rovellol from rovell (“rust”).

(Mallorca) a kind of turnover with a sweet filling

(Menorca) a kind of turnover with a savoury filling often eaten at Easter


institucionalització

institucionalització f (plural institucionalitzacions)


txecoslovac

txecoslovac m (plural txecoslovacs, feminine txecoslovaca)

txecoslovacs (plural)
txecoslovaca (feminine)


conciutadà

conciutadà m (plural conciutadans, feminine conciutadana)

conciutadans (plural)
conciutadana (feminine)


corinti

corinti m (plural corintis, feminine coríntia)


estabilitzador

estabilitzador m (plural estabilitzadors)


toscà

toscà m (plural toscans, feminine toscana)


cambronera

Berberis hispanica, a species of barberry native to southern Spain

Lycium barbarum
Lycium barbarum#Translingual


pastisser

pastisser m (plural pastissers, feminine pastissera)

pastissers (plural)
pastissera (feminine)


zimbabués

zimbabués m (plural zimbabuesos, feminine zimbabuesa)

zimbabuesos (plural)
zimbabuesa (feminine)

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of zimbabuès


quebequès

quebequès m (plural quebequesos, feminine quebequesa)

quebequesos (plural)
quebequesa (feminine)

Québécois (native or inhabitant of Quebec)


senegalès

senegalès m (plural senegalesos, feminine senegalesa)

senegalesos (plural)
senegalesa (feminine)


pamplonès

pamplonès m (plural pamplonesos, feminine pamplonesa)

pamplonesos (plural)
pamplonesa (feminine)


surinamès

surinamès m (plural surinamesos, feminine surinamesa)

surinamesos (plural)
surinamesa (feminine)


zimbabuès

zimbabuès m (plural zimbabuesos, feminine zimbabuesa)


marsellès

marsellès m (plural marsellesos, feminine marsellesa)

marsellesos (plural)
marsellesa (feminine)

Marseillais (native or inhabitant of Marseille) (male or of unspecified gender)


bruguerola

[bɾu.ɣəˈɾɔ.lə]

Calluna vulgaris
Calluna vulgaris#Translingual


vacança

From vacar + -ança. Compare French vacance, Italian vacanza.


vacació

Borrowed from Latin vacātiōnem. Compare Spanish vacación, English vacation.


botswanès

botswanès m (plural botswanesos, feminine botswanesa)

botswanesos (plural)
botswanesa (feminine)


clota

la paraula dorm al sòl / d’una clota aspra i obaga.

2019, Pep Cortés, Dins el roure dorm el tro, Tushita Edicions:

the word sleeps at the bottom / of a dry and shady hole


paona

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


pubill

ca-noun

pubill m (plural pubills, feminine pubilla)

Inherited from Latin pūpillus. Doublet of pupil.


solell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sōliculus, diminutive of Latin sōl.

(geography) adret (sunny side of a mountain)


obac

Inherited from Latin opācus. Doublet of opac.

Fa sol, però hi ha gebre a les raconades dels obacs.

It's sunny, but there is frost in the corners of the shady slopes.

(geography) ubac (shady side of a mountain)


modisme

From modo + -isme, compare Spanish modismo.

Coordinate term: barbarisme


somnolència

Borrowed from Latin somnolentia, from somnolentus (“sleepy”).


burkinès

burkinès m (plural burkinesos, feminine burkinesa)

burkinesos (plural)
burkinesa (feminine)


esglaó

[…] els reconeixem com a essencials i assumim sense protestar que estiguin als esglaons més baixos de la incansable escala social que els té vedat l’accés a zones superiors, en el que el mateix Sandel anomena la tirania del mèrit.

2020 October 9, Josep Ramoneda, “I després de Trump, què?”, in El País:


maldecap

La ministra d'Habitatge, Emmanuelle Wargon, va anunciar dilluns que el govern té previst modificar la legislació que regula aquests tipus d’intrusions i que tants maldecaps donen als propietaris.

2020 September 16, Alícia Sans, “França vol fer fora els ocupes en 72 hores”, in ara.cat:


clauer

clauer m (plural clauers, feminine clauera)


galimaties

Així amb aquest galimaties d'incongruències i despropòsits continuà la festa fins a la fi.

2004, Pelai Pagès i Blanch, Franquisme i repressió […] , Universitat de València, →ISBN, page 242:


basament

(architecture) the base and pedestal of a column


camamilla

Inherited from Latin chamaemēlon, from Ancient Greek χᾰμαίμηλον (khamaímēlon).


moravià

moravià m (plural moravians, feminine moraviana)


encetall

the first slice of something, the end piece


degoteig

degoteig m (plural degoteigs or degotejos)


gentrificació

gentrificació f (plural gentrificacions)


escombrall

a long-handled brush used to clean a bread oven

(obsolete) sweepings, rubbish (plural only)


escombracarrers

escombracarrers m or f by sense (uncountable)

Verb-object compound, composed of escombra (“to sweep”) + carrers (“streets”).

ca-verb-obj

És un escombracarrers, un flâneur, que s'apropia allò infim per crear sentit, i obre en l'espai ordinari del carrer una escletxa poètica.


renet

ca-noun

renet m (plural renets, feminine reneta)


trencaglaç

Verb-object compound, composed of trenca (“to break”) + glaç (“ice”).


trencador

ca-noun

trencador m (plural trencadors, feminine trencadora)

trencadors (plural)
trencadora (feminine)

[tɾəŋ.kəˈðo]


restoble

Deverbal from restoblar. Doublet of rostoll.


càrcer

Inherited from Latin carcer. Compare Spanish cárcel.


cortesà

cortesà m (plural cortesans, feminine cortesana)


balladora

female equivalent of ballador (“dancer”)


dansaire

dansaire m or f by sense (plural dansaires)


dansadora

female equivalent of dansador (“dancer”)


dansador

dansador m (plural dansadors, feminine dansadora)


ballador

ballador m (plural balladors, feminine balladora)


gardí

Perhaps borrowed from Occitan gàrri (“Atlantic stargazer”), with dissimilation of /rr/ to /rd/, or derived from the name Gardin, of Germanic origin.

common rudd (Scardinius erythrophthalmus)


segabosses

Verb-object compound, composed of sega (“to reap”) + bosses (“bags, purses”).

ca-verb-obj

bag snatcher, purse snatcher (a petty thief who chiefly steals handbags)


vexil·la

Borrowed from Latin vexilla, nominative plural of vexillum (“flag, standard”).

(Christianity) a processional banner in the form of a vexillum


esmocadores

From esmocar + -dora. Plurale tantum by analogy with tisores.

candle snuffer (pair of scissors used for trimming wicks)


dona d'aigua

Potser per això, al seu tercer i darrer títol, Canto jo i la muntanya balla (guardonat, és clar: Llibres Anagrama de Novel·la), núvols, cabirols, bolets i dones d’aigua parlen, en el que la crítica ha coincidit que és dels millors títols del curs que s’acaba.

2019 June 29, Carles Geli, “Irene Solà: “L’art m’ha donat irreverència, un punt de bogeria literària””, in El País:

(mythology) feminine being that lives in places with fresh water


disconformitat

ca-noun

disconformitat f (plural disconformitats)


punt de mira

sight, scope (a device used in aiming a projectile)


mossada

Hem fet una mossada a casa.


panellet

From pa (“bread”) + -ell + -et, literally “little bread”.


remull

Deverbal from remullar. Compare Spanish remojo.

posar en remull


aldarulla

[əl.ðəˈɾu.ʎə]


fumigació

Borrowed from Late Latin fumigātiōnem, from Latin fumigō.


embornal

desctree

→ Spanish: imbornal
→ Cebuano: imburnal
→ Tagalog: embornal

From earlier embrunals by metathesis from *umbrenals, from Ancient Greek ὀμβρινά τρήματα (ombriná trḗmata, “holes for rain”), from ὀμβρινός (ombrinós, “of rain”) from ὄμβρος (ómbros, “rainstorm”) and τρῆμα (trêma, “hole”).

der

ὀμβρινά τρήματα


llec

Inherited from Latin laicus. Doublet of laic.


sil·labari

Borrowed from New Latin syllabārium, from Latin syllaba (“syllable”).


capçal

Inherited from Latin capitiāle, from capitium (“head covering”).


escrivà

From Old Occitan escrivan, from Latin scrība. Doublet of escriba.


ablació

(surgery) ablation (the surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor)

(sciences) ablation (the progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes)

(geology) ablation (the removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation)


molesquí

Borrowed from English moleskin. Compare French moleskine.


panteix

El panteix és el medi que fa servir el gos per regular la seva temperatura.

Panting is the means a dog uses to regulate its temperature.

Se senten uns panteixos inequívocs mentre la càmera mostra els efectes col·laterals de la bacanal.

A few unmistakable gasps were heard while the camera showed the collateral effects of the orgy.


illada

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *īliāta, from Latin īlia, plural of īle (“guts, intestines”). Spanish ijada.

Va clavar els esperons a les illades del cavall.

He drove the spurs into the horse's flanks.


clenxa

part (dividing line formed by combing the hair in different directions)


romegueró

From romeguera + -ó, from *rŭmĭcaria, from rŭmex (“sorrel”).


romeguera

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *rŭmĭcāria, from rŭmex (“sorrel”).


cobrefoc

[ˌkɔ.βɾəˈfɔk]

Verb-object compound, composed of cobre (“to cover”) + foc (“fire”).


blasfem

ca-noun

blasfem m (plural blasfems, feminine blasfema)


fornell

→ Spanish: fornel

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *furnellus, diminutive of furnus.


porqueria

From porc + -eria. Compare Portuguese porcaria, Spanish porquería, cf. also Romanian porcărie and Italian porcheria.


rosegall

Quan ells mengen una poma, em tiren els rosegalls.

When they eat an apple, they throw me the remains.

(in the plural) Gnawed remains; leavings, leftovers


cranc de riu

cranc + de + riu, literally "crab of (the) river". Compare Spanish cangrejo de río.


escombrador

escombrador m (plural escombradors, feminine escombradora)

escombradors (plural)
escombradora (feminine)

street sweeper (person employed to sweep streets)


endreçúries

Adéu, viles i platges i boscúries / d'aqueixes endreçúries.

1886, Jacint Verdaguer, Canigó, Edicions Proa, published 2002, page 376:

Farewell, towns and beaches and dense woods / of those out-of-the-way places.


escombradora

female equivalent of escombrador (“street sweeper”)

street sweeper (machine used for sweeping streets)

leaf sweeper, lawn sweeper (machine used to collect lawn debris)


espelta bessona

espelta bessona f (plural espeltes bessones)

Coordinate term: espelta petita


espelta petita

espelta petita f (plural espeltes petites)

Literally, “small spelt”. Compare French petit épeautre.

Coordinate term: espelta bessona


gavatx

From a pre-Roman Indo-European root *gaba also found in Gaulish *gauta (“cheek”). Related to French gavache (“coward”), Spanish gabacho (“Pyrenean”).

crop (part of the alimentary track of birds)


gavatx

gavatx m (plural gavatxos, feminine gavatxa)


pisà

Pisan (native or inhabitant of Pisa) (male or of unspecified gender)


caledonià

caledonià m (plural caledonians, feminine caledoniana)

caledonians (plural)
caledoniana (feminine)


carrerany

Caminava a l'estiu pels carreranys dels meus camps.

I would go walking in the summer along the cart tracks in my fields.


fluixesa

Molt sovint fer el primer pas no és una mostra de fluixesa o debilitat.

Quite often making the first move is not a sign of softness or weakness.


lleixa

From Old Catalan lleixar, leixar, source of modern deixar.


agulleta

[ə.ɣuˈʎɛ.tə]

[ə.ɣuˈʎə.tə]

(zoology) pipefish (fish of the genus Syngnathus)

(in the plural, Castilianism) stiffness, sore muscles


embrutiment

L'embrutiment dels carrers per caques de gos és un problema generalitzat.

The fouling of streets with dogshit is a widely-known problem.

Aquesta novel·la fa reflexionar fins on havia arribat l'embrutiment moral d'una societat després de gairebé quaranta anys de dictadura.

This novel reflects on the extent of the moral defilement of a society after nearly forty years of dictatorship.


galilea

Borrowed from Late Latin galilaea, from Latin Galilaea.


IVE

interrupció voluntària de l'embaràs#Catalan

(Spain) Acronym of interrupció voluntària de l'embaràs (“voluntary termination of pregnancy”)


rave rusticà

From rave (“radish”) + rusticà (“rustic”).


porc espí

From porc + espí. Compare Spanish puercoespín.


baladre

Inherited from Latin vērātrum (“hellebore”).


caravel·la portuguesa

ca-noun

caravel·la portuguesa f (plural caravel·les portugueses)

Calque of Portuguese caravela-portuguesa.

calque

Portuguese man-of-war
Portuguese man-of-war


caravel·la

[kə.ɾəˈβɛl.lə]


bitàcola

From French bitacle, aphaeretic variant of habitacle, from Latin habitāculum. Doublet of habitacle.


tardança

sense tardança


tocatardà

ca-noun

tocatardà m (plural tocatardans, feminine tocatardana)

tocatardans (plural)
tocatardana (feminine)

Els tocatardans avui van de bòlit buscant els darrers regals.

The procrastinators are running around today seeking out the final gifts.

Quan ja havia començat, va aparèixer una tocatardana.

When it had already begun, there appeared a latecomer.


tardaner

tardaner m (plural tardaners, feminine tardanera)

a person who takes a long time to do things, a procrastinator


ventafocs

Verb-object compound, composed of venta (“blows, fans”) + focs (“fires”).


ventafocs

(figurative) Person or institution forced to assume a humiliating role.


ponents

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


predel·la

[pɾəˈðɛl.lə]

predella (the lowest section of an altarpiece, often divided into smaller panels)


ponentí

ca-noun

ponentí m (plural ponentins, feminine ponentina)

Ni tots els ponentins són lleidatans ni tots els lleidatans són ponentins.
Not all westerners are from Lleida and not all people from Lleida are westerners.


montrealès

montrealès m (plural montrealesos, feminine montrealesa)

montrealesos (plural)
montrealesa (feminine)

Montrealer (native or inhabitant of Montreal) (male or of unspecified gender)


pinetell

(regional) Synonym of rovelló (“saffron milk cap”)


rovelló

Lactarius deliciosus
Wikispecies:Lactarius deliciosus


placa tectònica

placa tectònica f (plural plaques tectòniques)


aplacat

Els murs estan revestits amb un aplacat de marbre d'estil mameluc.

The walls are sheathed with a cladding of marble in the Mameluke style.


dèspota

dèspota m or f by sense (plural dèspotes)

Borrowed from Ancient Greek δεσπότης (despótēs, “lord, master, owner”).


xapa

Borrowed from Spanish chapa, of onomatopoeic origin.

(colloquial) homosexual intercourse with a prostitute


aneguet lleig

ca-noun

aneguet lleig m (plural aneguets lleigs or aneguets lletjos)

aneguets lleigs (plural)
aneguets lletjos (plural)

[ə.nəˈɣɛd ˈʎet͡ʃ]

[ə.nəˈɣəd ˈʎet͡ʃ]


parrac

Tenint en compte que a la sèrie enlletgeixen Anya Taylor-Joy amb aquesta pentinada mussola electritzada i la cara rentada, vestida amb parracs en la fase prèvia a la transformació en cigne escaquista, […]

2020 December 7, Noelia Ramírez, “‘Gambito de dama’, tenim un problema (o per què les lletges de la literatura són maques a la pantalla)”, in El País:

Bearing in mind that in the series they uglified Anya Taylor-Joy with this electrified owl hairstyle and scrubbed face, dressed in rags in the phase prior to her transformation into a chess-playing swan […]


contraplacat

Nominalization of the past participle of contraplacar (“to laminate”).


llançadora

[ʎən.səˈðo.ɾə]


llançador

llançador m (plural llançadors, feminine llançadora)

llançadors (plural)
llançadora (feminine)

llançador de disc


bon jan

[ˈbɔɲ ˈd͡ʒan]

–Bons jans, oi? Vull dir els granotots –va comentar, gairebé simpàtic, i va afegir, asèptic: –Creia que ja seria mort.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 4, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


sajolida

By metathesis from earlier sadorija, from Latin satureia. The ⟨l⟩ may be due to the influence of oliva, since the herb is used to flavour olives.


abellot

From abella + -ot. Compare Portuguese abelhão.


roldor

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *roretŭriu, from Latin rhus tyrius (“Tyrian sumac”), a name originally applied to the tanner's sumac, Rhus coriaria.

Coriaria myrtifolia
Wikispecies:Coriaria myrtifolia


pitram

O s'exposa al sol amb el pitram obert i els ulls tancats. Si obrís la boca seria un autèntic cocodril.

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


refulgència

Les capçades dels arbres s'il·luminen amb refulgències mats.

The treetops light up with matte reflections.


guardajoies

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


sifó

siphon (a bent pipe or tube with one end lower than the other)


altimira

From Latin artemisia, influenced by Altimira.


escopidor

(architecture) a horizontal element placed below an opening in a wall to channel water away from the building; a weatherboard, a larmier


escopetada

Al llarg del recorregut des de les finestres es tiren escopetades a l'aire en senyal d'alegria.

Along the route gunshots fired off into the air from the windows as a sign of joy.


escurçonera

→ Italian: scorzonera


girfalc

Borrowed from Old French girfalt, from a Germanic source.

Falco rusticolus
Falco rusticolus#Translingual


sala d'estar

living room (room in a house used for social and leisure activities)


cambra d'estar

ca-noun

cambra d'estar f (plural cambres d'estar)


gamadura

a wasting disease, particularly one caused by infection with trematodes


cossigolles

Variant of cosseguelles. Compare Spanish cosquillas.


púlpit

Borrowed from Latin pulpitum. Doublet of pupitre.


abducció

(anatomy) abduction (the act of abducing or abducting; a drawing apart)

(logic) abduction (a syllogism or form of argument in which the major premise is evident, but the minor is only probable)


rapinya

From archaic rapina, from Latin rapīna. The change of n to ny is due to influence from the verb rapinyar.


saó

Inherited from Old Catalan saó~saon, inherited from Latin satiōnem (“act of sowing, planting”).


mòltes

Pre-2016 spelling of moltes (“millings, grindings”).


mòlta

Pre-2016 spelling of molta (“milling, grinding”).


pinyolada

olive pomace or pulp (residue from pressing oil from olives)


pinyol

Inherited from Latin pīneolus, from pīneus (“relating to pine trees”). A variant of pinyó (“pine nut”).

La soprano ha fet un pinyol que ens ha deixat sense alè.

The soprano sang a prolonged note that left us breathless.

(slang) a prolonged note from a singer, often at the climax of an aria

La malaurada mort de Jordi Fité va trasbalsar de valent el pinyol de l'Assemblea Nacional Catalana.
The unfortunate death of Jordi Fité strongly upset the core of the Catalan National Assembly

(slang) the essential part of an event; the core or climax


donzell

→ Spanish: doncel

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *domnicellus.


donzell

Probably from Latin carduncellus, diminutive of carduus.

Artemisia absinthium
Artemisia absinthium#Translingual

grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)


beceroles

abecedarium, primer (book used to teach the alphabet)

(by extension) primer (introductory text on any subject)


cornicabra

Pistacia terebinthus
Pistacia terebinthus#Translingual


revifalla

Però era la revifalla des agònics.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 15, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


parvulari

From pàrvul + -ari, compare Spanish parvulario.


pàrvul

ca-noun

pàrvul m (plural pàrvuls, feminine pàrvula)

Borrowed from Latin parvulus (“little”).


flor de Nadal

Literally, “flower of Christmas”, because they are traditionally displayed around Christmastime.


ponsètia

From the name of Joel Roberts Poinsett, an American diplomat in Mexico, where the flowers originated.


fòrceps

Borrowed from Latin forceps. First attested in 1868.


dièsel

Borrowed from German Diesel, named after inventor Rudolf Diesel.


xirivia

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic / Arabic كَرَاوِيَا (karāwiyā, “caraway”) (because viewed as a plant caraway and parsnip are similar, of the same subfamily, Apioideae).

Coordinate term: pastanaga


cafè trencat

espresso with a small amount of warm milk


cafè tallat

Literally, “cut coffee”. Compare Spanish cortado.


cigaló

Farà servir aquest temps per fer un cigaló amb ells.

He'll use this time to have a drink with them.

a mixed drink consisting of espresso with a shot of liquor


arçot

the black hawthorn or European buckthorn (Rhamnus lycioides)


arç

Unknown; possibly from a pre-Roman substrate of Iberia, perhaps via Vulgar Latin *artea or *artius. Compare Navarro-Aragonese arto (“blackthorn”) and Asturian artu (“bramble”).

a name given to various species of flowering shrubs including the hawthorn, the sea-buckthorn, and the European teatree


xarxet

From earlier cerceta, from Vulgar Latin cercedula, Latin querquetula.


republicanisme

republicanisme m (plural republicanismes)


tenebres

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


perdiu blanca

perdiu blanca f (plural perdius blanques)


tintorer

tintorer m (plural tintorers, feminine tintorera)

From earlier tintor, from Latin tīnctor, from tingō (“to soak, to dye”).


mastegot

No sé en quin moment vaig deixar d'escridassar-la, i de sacsejar-li les galtes, per afegir-hi mastegots.

2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 16, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:


reneta

reneta f (plural renetes, masculine renet)


clotada

Entre els dos grups de cingleres hi ha una clotada formada per un torrent.

Between the two groups of cliffs there is a gulch formed by an intermittent stream.

an area of lower elevation; a dip, depression, ravine, etc.


rínxol

Em vaig deixar el cabell llarg i vaig descobrir que tenia rínxols.

I let my hair grow long and I discovered that I have curls.


avalotador

avalotador m (plural avalotadors, feminine avalotadora)

avalotadors (plural)
avalotadora (feminine)


arrambatge

From arrambar (“to move/push up against”) + -atge.

af

Ahir el pare d'en Joan li va clavar un arrambatge que el va deixar blau.

Yesterday, Joan's father gave him a dressing-down that left him speechless.

telling-off, dressing-down (severe reprimand)


corriol

Perhaps an alteration of the genus name Charadrius or a derivation from the verb córrer (“to run”).


pinsap

Compound of Latin pīnus (“pine”) and Gaulish *sappos (“fir tree”). Compare Latin sappīnus, which has the same elements in the reverse order.


peristil

Learned borrowing from Latin peristȳlum, from Ancient Greek περίστῡλον (perístūlon, “columned inner courtyard”).


rèmol

Inherited from Latin *rhombulus, diminutive of rhombus.


tobogan

From an Algonquian word (possibly Mi'kmaq tepaqan or Abenaki dabôgan), via French toboggan.


ciclamen

Borrowed from Latin cyclamen, from Ancient Greek κῠκλᾰ́μῑνος (kuklámīnos).


hidrant

From English hydrant, probably via French.


grier

From earlier guier, from Latin gigērium.


cabòria

[kəˈβɔ.ɾi.ə]

Caminaven amb un núvol de cabòries al cap.

They walked around with a cloud of worries in their heads.

a worry or concern, particularly an unfounded one


amfiox

Learned borrowing from New Latin amphioxus.

lbor

European lancelet (Branchiostoma lanceolatum)


pirop

Learned borrowing from Late Latin pyrōpus, from Ancient Greek πυρωπός (purōpós, “fire-colored”)


taumaturg

ca-noun

taumaturg m (plural taumaturgs, feminine taumaturga)

taumaturgs (plural)
taumaturga (feminine)

From Ancient Greek θαυματουργóς (thaumatourgós).

der

θαυματουργóς


miastènia

From Ancient Greek μῦς (mûs, “muscle”) and ἀσθένεια (asthéneia, “weakness”).


polineuropatia

ca-noun

polineuropatia f (plural polineuropaties)


colltort

From coll (“neck”) + tort (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 2 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Italian collotorto.

af

Jynx torquilla
Jynx torquilla#Translingual

(zoology) a wryneck, specifically the Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)


colltort

ca-noun

colltort m (plural colltorts, feminine colltorta)

(figurative, derogatory) hypocrite, goody-goody (especially a religious one)


hiperonímia

From hiperònim + -ia or hiper- + -onímia.


moscat

Inherited from Late Latin muscātus, from mūscus.


mata-rates

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + rates (“rats”).

ca-verb-obj

(colloquial) rotgut (strong low-quality alcohol)


corredissa

Substantivization of Vulgar Latin *curritīcia (“prone to running”), from Latin currere.

inh

Podien aprofitar l'ocasió per abalançar-se damunt meu en una corredissa mortal, però no ho feien.


farcell

Probably from fardell, with a change in consonant inspired by farcir (“to stuff, cram”).


guillaume

(Valencia, Girona) Alternative form of guilleume


potiner

ca-noun

potiner m (plural potiners, feminine potinera)

From dialectal potina (“hodgepodge”), from Vulgar Latin *pultina, from puls (“porridge”).

someone who does careless or shoddy work; bungler, botcher


teletreball

[ˌtɛ.lə.tɾəˈβaʎ]


gutxo

Onomatopoeic. Compare Galician cocho (“pig”).

the Portuguese dogfish (Centroscymnus coelolepis)

a gulper shark (any squaliform shark of the genus Centrophorus)


bonítol

Probably ultimately from Latin pēlamydulus, diminutive of pēlamys, from Ancient Greek πηλαμύς (pēlamús, “young tunny”).


falcillot

From falcilla + -ot, from falç (“sickle”).

swift (small bird in the family Apodidae)


cançoner

a collection of songs, songbook, chansonnier

a person who makes excuses to put off doing something, a procrastinator


ídix

Borrowed from German Jiddisch or English Yiddish, from Yiddish ייִדיש (yidish).


pumicita

Borrowed from Latin pūmex (“pumice”) + -ita, from Latin -īta, -ītēs.


entrebanc

[ən.tɾəˈβaŋ]


femellisme

From femella + -isme. Formed by analogy with masclisme.

Fa ja uns quants dies hi va haver una baralla-discussió en les Corts Valencianes a propòsit del concepte «hembrismo», paraula castellana. Ignore si algun/a component del parlament valencià va usar la corresponent valenciana, que no és «feminisme», sinó «femellisme», que és la idea que defén la superioritat del gènere femení sobre el masculí, el supremacisme de la dona sobre l'home, és a dir, l'equivalent contrari al nociu i menyspreable «masclisme», que representa el concepte de la 'supremacia de l'home sobre la dona i el conjunt d'actituds i pràctiques sexistes discriminatòries per al gènere femení'.

2018-03-18, J. Leonardo Giménez, “Feminisme i femellisme. Empoderament i empoderar”, in Levante:


femellista

ca-noun

femellista m or f by sense (plural femellistes)

From femella (“female”) + -ista, by analogy with masclista.


barrella

perch (small bar in a birdcage for a bird to roost on)


xip

chips, potato chips (thin fried slice of potato, etc.)


pugó

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *pūlicōnem, from Latin pūlicem (“flea”). Compare Spanish pulgón, Portuguese pulgão.


peix ratpenat

peix ratpenat m (plural peixos ratpenat)

batfish (marine fish in the family Ogcocephalidae)


bernat ermità

bernat ermità m (plural bernats ermitans)


bernat pescaire

bernat pescaire m (plural bernats pescaires)

From bernat (“Cistercian monk”) on account of the resemblance of the bird's plumage to the traditional white-and-black habit of the Cistercian Order.

Ardea cinerea
Ardea cinerea#Translingual


bernat

From Bernat, in reference to Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of the Cistercian Order.


pescaire

pescaire m or f by sense (plural pescaires)


ermità

ermità m (plural ermitans, feminine ermitana)


tràgul

From New Latin Latin tragulus, diminutive of Latin tragus from Ancient Greek τράγος (trágos, “he-goat”).


eslògan

motto (a short, suggestive expression of a guiding principle)

slogan (a catchphrase associated with a product or service being advertised)


caparreta

cochineal (insect in the family Coccidae)


cafeter

ca-noun

cafeter m (plural cafeters, feminine cafetera)


desdoblament

Però ¿s’acabarà consolidant aquesta manera de parlar com ja està passant amb el desdoblament en masculí i femení, encara que sigui en convivència amb els pronoms tradicionals?

2021 January 23, Carla Fajardo Martín, “Ells, elles, ellis: s’acabarà imposant el llenguatge no binari?”, in Ara.cat:


túmul

Borrowed from Latin tumulus. Doublet of tómbol.


tómbol

Borrowed from Italian tombolo, from Latin tumulus. Doublet of túmul.

tombolo (sandy spit connecting an island to the mainland)


flor d'ocell

bird of paradise flower (Strelitzia reginae)


trencacolls

[ˌtɾɛŋ.kəˈkɔʎs]

[ˌtɾəŋ.kəˈkɔʎs]

Verb-object compound, composed of trenca (“to break”) + colls (“necks”).


trencacors

[ˌtɾəŋ.kəˈkɔs]

Verb-object compound, composed of trenca (“to break”) + cors (“hearts”).


garseta

Egretta garzetta
Egretta garzetta#Translingual

an egret, especially the little egret (Egretta garzetta)


esplugabous

Verb-object compound, composed of espluga (“to delouse”) + bous (“oxen”).

Bubulcus ibis
Bubulcus ibis#Translingual


bocabadat

a common name for various mushrooms with a large open cap


espluga

Inherited from Vulgar Latin spelūca, variant form of spelunca, from Ancient Greek σπῆλυγξ (spêlunx, “cave”).


marduix

From Arabic مَرْدَدُوش (mardadūš), variant of مَرْدَقُوش (mardaqūš).


passamuntanyes

Verb-object compound, composed of passa (“passes”) + muntanyes (“mountains”).


descarrilament

ca-noun

descarrilament m (plural descarrilaments)


cimintiri

From Latin coemētērium. Influenced by ciment (“cement”).

Alternative spelling of cementiri (“cemetery”)


cementeri

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin coemētērium.

slbor

(Valencia) Alternative spelling of cementiri (“cemetery”)


cementir

(obsolete) Alternative form of cementiri (“cemetery”)


pocatraça

ca-noun

pocatraça m or f by sense (plural pocatraces)


emprenyavelles

[əmˌpɾɛ.ɲəˈβe.ʎəs]

[əmˌpɾə.ɲəˈve.ʎəs]

Verb-object compound, composed of emprenya (“to annoy”) + velles (“old women”).


xavala

ca-noun

xavala f (plural xavales, masculine xaval)


xava

Contràriament a la pel·lícula, la noia ni és ignorant ni parla xava.

1993, Quim Monzó, “Pigmalió”, in El perquè de tot plegat, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, →ISBN, page 39:

Contrary to the movie, the girl is not ignorant nor does she speak xava.

Hispanicized Catalan spoken in parts of Barcelona


ranuncle

Borrowed from Latin rānunculus (“tadpole”), diminutive of rāna (“frog”).

bor+

buttercup, crowfoot (flowering plant in the genus Ranunculus)


pecíol

Borrowed from Late Latin peciolus, variant of petiolus (“little foot; fruit stalk, stem, petiole”). Doublet of peçol.


llibrer

ca-noun

llibrer m (plural llibrers, feminine llibrera)

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin librārius, on account of the i from short Latin i (expected e).

slbor

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


gamó

Uncertain. Probably from a substrate language. Maybe related with Proto-Brythonic *gwɨmon, from Proto-Celtic *wimmonā, and this possibly from a non-IE substrate language or from Proto-Indo-European *weyb- (“to wind around”). Cognate with Portuguese gamão, Spanish gamón and Galician gamón.


rotllada

Férem una rotllada de gent amb espelmes enceses.

We formed a circle of people with lit candles.


trastam

A la Conreria vivien els treballadors i els servants del cenobi. Als seus coberts es trobaven els cellers, les cavallerisses i tot el trastam d'eines i forniments que comportava l'explotació de les finques

2000, Antoni M. Casas i Ferrer, Excursions pel Montsant, page 34:

The workers and servants of the monastery lived in the Conreria. Located in its sheds were the cellars, the stables, and all the hotchpotch of tools and supplies that were involved in the exploitation of the estates.


tantsemenfotisme

Els altres catalans, pel seu costat, han obtingut el seu triomf particular en veure com un dels seus, nascut a Còrdova i xapurrejant un català nefast, arribava a la presidència de la Generalitat. A banda d'això, s'han quedat al mateix lloc on eren: al seu tantsemenfotisme particular.

2007, Josep Tarragona, Generació CAT, Pagès Editors, →ISBN:


reig bord

ca-noun

reig bord m (plural reigs bords or rejos bords)

reigs bords (plural)
rejos bords (plural)


matamosques

Verb-object compound, composed of mata (“to kill”) + mosques (“flies”).

ca-verb-obj

Amanita muscaria
Amanita muscaria#Translingual


corball

a drum, especially the shi drum or gurbell (Umbrina cirrosa)


cambrada

From cambra + -ada. Doublet of camarada.


sortiller

ca-noun

sortiller m (plural sortillers, feminine sortillera)

sortillers (plural)
sortillera (feminine)


sortíleg

sortíleg m (plural sortílegs, feminine sortílega)


sortilla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *sorticula (“small object for casting lots”), diminutive of sors (“fate”). Cognate with Galician sortella, Spanish sortija.

inh+

ring jousting (a mediaeval and modern sport where horseback riders try to speak a hanging ring with a lance or pole)

a type of carnival game in which a person uses a pole to fish for fruit in a tank


estaferm

Borrowed from Italian stafermo, literally "stand firm".


fetilla

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *facticula, a derivative of factus parallel to facticius, which is the source of Spanish hechizo, Spanish fetiche, etc.


tàvec

Alternation of earlier tave from Latin tabanus.


tàvega

Borrowed from Arabic طَبَقَة (ṭabaqa, “level; storey”), from Middle Persian *tābaq.


bàssia

Inherited from Late Latin baccea, from bacca (“wine jug”).


empaquetador

ca-noun

empaquetador m (plural empaquetadors, feminine empaquetadora)

empaquetadors (plural)
empaquetadora (feminine)


guixeta

Quan deien taquilla, algú els recriminava que en català es deia guixeta. Ara la situació s'ha capgirat: quan diuen guixeta, algú els recrimina que en català es diu taquilla.

[2021, Enric Gomà Ribas, El català tranquil, Grup 62, →ISBN:

When they said taquilla, someone would lecture them that in Catalan you say guixeta. Now the situation has turned around: when they say guixeta, someone will insist on taquilla.


finestreta

From finestra + -eta, compare similarly formed Spanish ventanilla.


gasiu

Presumably a derivation from Late Latin gaza (“treasury, wealth, riches”), from Ancient Greek γάζα (gáza, “treasury, treasure”), from Old Median *ganǰam (“treasure”).


metec

ca-noun

metec m (plural metecs, feminine meteca)


flor imperial

flor imperial f (plural flors imperials)


bitxo

From vitx, dialectal plural form of vit (“penis”). The plural form was taken for a singular and gave rise to a new plural form, vitxos. The singular form bitxo was created from this via back-formation and respelled in accordance with the Catalonian merger of /v/ and /b/.


sangtraït

From sang + traït, perhaps a calque of Latin sanguis trītus.


eutanàsia

Borrowed from Ancient Greek εὐθανασίᾱ (euthanasíā).


xiisme

(Islam) Shi'a; Shi'ism; Shia Islam (a branch of Islam)


qüento

Només em faltaria que em sortissis amb el qüento de la germana bess... Però escolta: la Maria té, tenia una germana bessona.

1993, Quim Monzó, “Quarts d'una”, in El perquè de tot plegat, Barcelona: Quaderns Crema, →ISBN, page 115:


bajoc

ca-noun

bajoc m (plural bajocs, feminine bajoca)

Variant of bajà, from Latin baiānus (“of Baiae”), a Roman resort town in Campania notorious for licentiousness.


tirabec

Spanish: tirabeque

Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) + bec (“beak”), a reference to the elongated shape of the pods.


càncer de mama

ca-noun

càncer de mama m (plural càncers de mama)


col·locació

Learned borrowing from Latin collocātiōnem (“a putting together”).


mansega

great fen-sedge, swamp sawgrass (Cladium mariscus)


estirabot

By metathesis from earlier (now dialectal) estaribot, from Spanish estribote, a satirical verse form.

Aquells estirabots no es poden acceptar.

an absurdity, a silly thing to say, a piece of nonsense


poncella

Inherited from Vulgar Latin pullicella, of disputed origin. Possibly a diminutive of Latin pullus (“young of animals, chick”). Alternatively from Latin puella (“girl”) through a Vulgar Latin root *puellicella. Cognate with French pucelle.


tàpera

Inherited from Latin capparis, with alteration of the initial consonant.


espitllera

Inherited from Latin specularia, neuter plural of specularis (“like a mirror”).


masclet

a cocktail typical of Reus in Tarragona, consisting of a mixture of red vermouth and Plim, a local banana-flavoured beverage


arbocer

Arbutus unedo
Arbutus unedo#Translingual


maduixera

strawberry (any plant of the genus Fragaria)


plovisqueig

ca-noun

plovisqueig m (plural plovisqueigs or plovisquejos)

plovisqueigs (plural)
plovisquejos (plural)


ganyips

Aigua i ganyips per ajudar-nos a encarar el tram final, rocós i costerut.

Water and trail mix to help us face the final stretch, rocky and steep.

gorp, trail mix (a mixture of nuts and dried fruit for snacking)


nyoca

a mixture of nuts and dried fruit distributed at the baptism of a child


escarabat de cuina

escarabat de cuina m (plural escarabats de cuina)

Blattella germanica
Blattella germanica#Translingual


somereta

katydid, bush cricket (a member of the subfamily Bradyporinae)


borratja

→ Spanish: borraja


llinya

Inherited from Latin līnea (“thread, line”), from līnum (“flax”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”). Doublet of línia. Cognate with Spanish and Galician liña, Spanish línea, and Portuguese linha.


capseta

Withania somnifera
Withania somnifera#Translingual

the ashwagandha or poison gooseberry (Withania somnifera)


cambró

Rhamnus cathartica
Rhamnus cathartica#Translingual


flor de Pasqua

ca-noun

flor de Pasqua f (plural flors de Pasqua)


sempreviva

From sempre (“always”) + viva (“alive”).

everlasting (any of several species of flowering plants of the genus Helichrysum)


rogall

From obsolete roc (“hoarse”), from Latin raucus.


ricí

Ricinus communis
Ricinus communis#Translingual


cròton

Borrowed from New Latin crotōn, from Ancient Greek κροτών (krotṓn).


mànega pastissera

mànega pastissera f (plural mànegues pastisseres)


pregadeu

From prega (“prays”) + Déu (“God”). As the name of a piece of furniture, a calque of French prie-Dieu.


ensucrat

a snack made from heavily-sugared popcorn


espicanard

Borrowed from Medieval Latin spīca nardī (“spike of nard”).

bor+

Nardostachys jatamansi
Nardostachys jatamansi#Translingual

Indian spikenard (Nardostachys jatamansi)


galzeran

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic خيزران (ḵayzarān), from Arabic خَيْزُرَان (ḵayzurān, “reed, cane”).

der

Ruscus aculeatus
Ruscus aculeatus#Translingual

butcher's broom (a shrub of the genus Ruscus, especially Ruscus aculeatus)