reixa

Probably from Late Latin or Vulgar Latin regia, from Latin porta regia ("royal gate"), with later influence from Arabic رِيشَة (rīša, “batten”).^[1] Alternative etymologies suggest Vulgar Latin *regla, from regula, although Catalan rella is the proper descendant of this word.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈre.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrej.ʃa]

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reixa f (plural reixes)

1. grille, grating

• enreixar
• reixada
• reixat
• reixeta

• “reixa”, 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

Possibly ultimately from Latin regula, through Vulgar Latin *regla. Compare Portuguese relha, Spanish reja; cf. also Catalan reixa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈrejʃa/ [ˈrej.ʃɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejʃa

reixa f (plural reixas)

1. grille, grating

• “reixa”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

Ultimately from Latin radix. Compare Venetan raixa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈræɪʒa/

reixa

1. root

• Hyphenation: rei‧xa

reixa f (plural reixas)

1. alternative form of rixa