castellà
Catalan
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəs.təˈʎa]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kas.teˈʎa]
Audio (Valencia): (file) Audio (Catalonia): (file) - Rhymes: -a
Etymology 1
From Castella + -à, or borrowed from Spanish castellano.
Noun
castellà m (uncountable)
- Castilian (Spanish language)
Adjective
castellà (feminine castellana, masculine plural castellans, feminine plural castellanes)
- Castilian (Spanish)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From castell + -à, equivalent to Latin castellānus. Doublet of castlà.
Noun
castellà m (plural castellans)
- castellan (governor or caretaker of a castle or keep)
- judicial position in the Order of Malta
Further reading
- “castellà”, 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
- “castellà”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “castellà” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “castellà” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.