daixonses
Catalan
Etymology
From daixò.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [dəˈʃɔn.səs]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [dajˈʃɔn.ses]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
daixonses m or f by sense (invariable)
- (colloquial) thingy, thingamajig, whatchamacallit, whatshisname
- Synonyms: daixò, dallò, dallonses
Usage notes
- Can substitute for any object, person, place, quality, adjective, etc. that one cannot recall.
Further reading
- “daixonses”, 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