frontissa
Appearance
Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier frantissa, either via Old Catalan frant, past participle of frànyer (“to break”), or directly from a Vulgar Latin *fractītia. Either way, ultimately from Latin frangō and modified by folk etymology due to being associated with front.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]frontissa f (plural frontisses)
- hinge (device that allows the pivoting of a door)
- Synonyms: blegadissa, xarnera
- (colloquial) joint (point of the body where two bones join)
- Synonym: articulació
Further reading
[edit]- “frontissa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “frontissa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “frontissa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.