llis

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain; perhaps from Vulgar Latin/Proto-Romance *līsius, a borrowing from Ancient Greek λισσός (lissós, “smooth”).[1] Compare Spanish and Portuguese liso, French lisse, Italian liscio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎis]
  • Audio (Catalonia):(file)

Adjective

llis (feminine llisa, masculine plural llisos, feminine plural llises)

  1. smooth

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 133

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