gresol

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin form reconstructed as *crosiolus or *cruceolus, from Classical Latin crucibulus. Compare Italian crogiolo, Old French croisuel.

Pronunciation

Noun

gresol m (plural gresols)

  1. oil lamp
    Synonyms: llàntia, llumenera
  2. reservoir (of an oil lamp)
  3. crucible
  4. hearth (lowest part of a blast furnace)
  5. (figurative) melting pot

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Spanish: crisol
    • → Portuguese: crisol

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