perol

Inherited from Old Catalan peyrol, from Vulgar Latin *pariolum, diminutive of *parium, from Transalpine Gaulish parios, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos (“cauldron”). Compare Welsh pair and Irish coire. By surface analysis, pèr +‎ -ol.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [peˈɾɔl]

perol m (plural perols)

1. cauldron

   Synonym: caldera

2. (Menorca) A casserole or gratin baked in a metal or earthenware dish and consisting mostly of potatoes and other vegetables with or without meat.
3. (Valencia, colloquial) head

   Synonym: cap

   Tu estàs tocat del perol!

   You're touched in the head!

• → Portuguese: parol
• → Spanish: perol

• “perol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• “perol”, 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

• Hyphenation: pe‧rol

perol

1. alternative form of pero

Borrowed from Catalan perol.

perol m (plural peroles)

1. cauldron

• “perol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024