vesc

Catalan

Alternative forms

• visc

Etymology

Inherited from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛsk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvəsk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvesk]

Noun

vesc m (plural vescs or vescos)

1. mistletoe
   • 1992, “Carta a Donosti”, in Bamboo Avenue, performed by Umpah-pah:

     Grisolda, Grisolda, / quins reguitzells de vesc

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. birdlime

Further reading

• “vesc” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “visc” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “vesc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024