bedoll

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *betullus, from Latin betulla, from Gaulish *betua, from Proto-Celtic *betwiyos, *betuyā (“birch”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷet-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈðoʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈðoʎ]

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Noun

bedoll m (plural bedolls)

1. birch

   Synonym: beç

Derived terms

• bedoll comú (“silver birch”)
• bedoll del paper (“paper birch”)
• bedoll nan (“dwarf birch”)
• bedoll pubescent (“downy birch”)
• bedollar (“birch grove”)

 

Further reading

• “bedoll”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “bedoll” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.