tió
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tio"
Catalan
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan tihó, from Latin tītiōnem. Compare Occitan tison, French tison, Spanish tizón.
Pronunciation
Noun
tió m (plural tions)
- the lowest part of a tree trunk, usually used for firewood as it is not suitable for use as lumber due to the rapidly diverging grain
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References
- “tió” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “tió”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “tió”, 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