llombrígol

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan lombrigol, from Vulgar Latin *umbilīculus (with /l-/ via agglutination from a definite article), diminutive of Latin umbilīcus. For the influence of preceding determiners, cf. French nombril and Romanian buric.

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ʎumˈbɾi.ɡol/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ʎumˈbɾi.ɡul/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ʎomˈbɾi.ɡol/
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Noun

llombrígol m (plural llombrígols)

(anatomy) navel; belly button

Related terms

melic

References

“llombrígol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“llombrígol”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
“llombrígol” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“llombrígol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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