emmagatzematge

Catalan

FWOTD – 30 March 2017

Etymology

From emmagatzemar +‎ -atge, from magatzem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əm.mə.ɣə.d͡zəˈma.d͡ʒə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [em.ma.ɣa.d͡zeˈma.d͡ʒe]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -adʒe

Noun

emmagatzematge m (plural emmagatzematges)

  1. storage
    • 2015, Marie Kondo, translated by Pere Fernàndez, La màgia de l'ordre:
      Com pots veure, m'havia centrat tant a fer servir aquella cosa per crear un efecte d'emmagatzematge espectacular que havia oblidat allò que mirava de guardar: flascons que llisquen i vessen amb facilitat.
      As you can see, I had focussed so much on using that thing to create an effect of spectacular storage that I had forgotten what it was trying to store: bottles that slip and spill with ease.
  2. (computing) storage

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