escalfallits
Catalan
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of escalfa (“to warm”) + llits (“beds”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˌkal.fəˈʎits]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˌkal.faˈʎits]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Noun
escalfallits m (invariable)
- warming pan (a covered pan used to warm up beds)
Further reading
- “escalfallits”, 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