embut

From Latin imbūtus (“moistened”), from imbuō (“to wet, moisten”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əmˈbut]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [emˈbut]

embut m (plural embuts)

1. funnel (a utensil in the shape of an inverted hollow cone terminating in a narrow pipe, for channeling liquids or granular material)
2. (figurative, in the plural) circumlocution (a roundabout expression)

   Synonym: circumloqui

   parlar sense embuts ― to not beat around the bush

• embudaire
• embudell

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

• IPA^(key): /emˈbyt/

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embut m (plural embuts)

1. funnel (for decanting liquids)

• embutar