guarda-roba
See also: guardaroba
Catalan
wardrobe
cloakroom
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to protect”) + roba (“clothing”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.βə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.bə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡwaɾ.ðaˈrɔ.ba]
Noun
guarda-roba m (plural guarda-robes)
- (furniture) wardrobe (movable furniture for storing clothes)
- cloakroom (a room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club)
Further reading
- “guarda-roba”, 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
- “guarda-roba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “guarda-roba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “guarda-roba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.