donzell

• IPA^(key): (Central) [dunˈzeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [donˈzeʎ]

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin *domnicellus.

donzell m (plural donzells)

1. (historical) donzel (young nobleman)
2. (archaic) bachelor

• → Spanish: doncel

Probably from Latin carduncellus, diminutive of carduus.

donzell m (plural donzells)

1. grande wormwood, absinthe (Artemisia absinthium)

• “donzell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “donzell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “donzell”, 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