bullidor

Catalan

Etymology

From bullir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bu.ʎiˈðo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bu.ʎiˈðoɾ]

Noun

bullidor m (plural bullidors)

1. kettle, teakettle (vessel for boiling water)

Further reading

• “bullidor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “bullidor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Spanish

Etymology

From bullir +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /buʝiˈdoɾ/ [bu.ʝiˈð̞oɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /buʝiˈdoɾ/ [bu.ʝiˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /buʎiˈdoɾ/ [bu.ʎiˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /buʃiˈdoɾ/ [bu.ʃiˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /buʒiˈdoɾ/ [bu.ʒiˈð̞oɾ]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: bu‧lli‧dor

Adjective

bullidor (feminine bullidora, masculine plural bullidores, feminine plural bullidoras)

1. antsy; twitchy

Further reading

• “bullidor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10