jovençà

Probably from Vulgar Latin *iuvenciānus, from Latin iuvencus (“young”). A derivation from Proto-Celtic *yuwankos has also been proposed on account of the suffix.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒu.βənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒo.vənˈsa]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒo.venˈsa]

jovençà (feminine jovençana, masculine plural jovençans, feminine plural jovençanes)

1. newlywed
2. young

jovençà m (plural jovençans, feminine jovençana, feminine plural jovençanes)

1. newlywed

• “jovençà”, 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