català
Catalan
Etymology
Uncertain. Possibly from Latin lacetānus (from the name of a pre-Roman Iberian tribe living in Catalonia), by metathesis, through catelānus.
Adjective
català (feminine catalana, masculine plural catalans, feminine plural catalanes)
- Catalan (pertaining to Catalonia, the Catalan people, or the Catalan language)
Noun
català m (plural catalans, feminine catalana)
- Catalan (a person from Catalonia or an ethnic Catalan)
Related terms
- Catalunya (“Catalonia”)
Proper noun
català m
- Catalan (the language spoken by the Catalans)
- No parlo català.
- I don't speak Catalan.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “català” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “català” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “català” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “català” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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