estalvi

Borrowed from Basque estalpe (“protection”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əsˈtal.βi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əsˈtal.vi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈtal.vi]

estalvi (feminine estàlvia, masculine plural estalvis, feminine plural estàlvies)

1. safe, unhurt

estalvi m (plural estalvis)

1. the act of saving, thrift, economy
2. that which is saved, savings
3. (economics) saving

   Synonym: alforro

4. (also plural) trivet (utensil placed under a hot dish to protect the surface below)

   Synonyms: rotlle, sitiet

• compte d'estalvis
• estalviar

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

• estauvi

From estalviar.

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estalvi m (plural estalvis)

1. saving (something (usually money) that is saved)