mascarell
Catalan
Etymology
From mascara (“soot”) + -ell.
Pronunciation
Adjective
mascarell (feminine mascarella, masculine plural mascarells, feminine plural mascarelles)
- sooty
- Synonym: emmascarat
Noun
mascarell m (plural mascarells)
- the northern gannet (Morus bassanus)
- Synonyms: mascarell atlàntic, sotaler, bec de trinxet
- any of various others birds in the family Sulidae; the boobies and gannets
Derived terms
- mascarell atlàntic
- mascarell australià
- mascarell bru
- mascarell cama-roig
- mascarell camablau
- mascarell d'Abbott
- mascarell de Grant
- mascarell de Tasmània
- mascarell del Cap
- mascarell del Perú
- mascarell emmascarat
Further reading
- “mascarell”, 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
- “mascarell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.