regalèssia
Catalan
Alternative forms
- regalíssia
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin liquiritia (via metathesis), from glycyrrhiza, a borrowing of Ancient Greek γλυκύρριζα (glukúrrhiza).
Noun
regalèssia f (plural regalèssies)
Synonyms
- (confection): pega dolça
Derived terms
Further reading
- “regalèssia”, 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