basseta

From bassa +‎ -eta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bəˈsɛ.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bəˈsə.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈse.ta]

basseta f (plural bassetes)

1. diminutive of bassa (“pool”)
2. a puddle which forms in the swash zone of a beach
3. ! potty chair
4. (in the plural) Small fleecy clouds popularly believed to indicate coming rain

   Bassetes al cel, pastetes a la terra. ― Fleecy clouds in the sky, puddles on the ground.

• “basseta”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007