llana

Asturian

Alternative forms

• ḷḷana, chana, yana

Etymology

From Latin lāna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʎana/ [ˈʎa.na]
• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: lla‧na

Noun

llana f

1. wool

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan lana, from Latin lāna. Compare Occitan lana, French laine, Spanish lana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈʎa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈʎa.na]

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• Rhymes: -ana

Noun

llana f (plural llanes)

1. wool

Derived terms

• llaner
• llanós
• llanut

Further reading

• “llana” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “llana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “llana” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “llana” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈʝana/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.na]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /ˈʝana/ [ˈɟ͡ʝa.na]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /ˈʎana/ [ˈʎa.na]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃana/ [ˈʃa.na]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒana/ [ˈʒa.na]

• Rhymes: -ana
• Syllabification: lla‧na

Noun

llana f (plural llanas)

1. trowel

Derived terms

• a la pata la llana

Adjective

llana

1. feminine singular of llano

Further reading

• “llana”, 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