tirabec
Catalan
Alternative forms
- estirabec
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of tira (“to pull”) + bec (“beak”), a reference to the elongated shape of the pods.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ˌti.ɾəˈβek]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˌti.ɾəˈbek]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˌti.ɾaˈbek]
Noun
tirabec m (plural tirabecs)
Descendants
- Spanish: tirabeque
Further reading
- “tirabec”, 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