batraci

Catalan

Etymology

From Ancient Greek [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈtɾa.si]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [baˈtɾa.si]

Noun

batraci m (plural batracis)

1. frog or salamander, batrachian
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 3, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Sis, set braços movent-se com tentacles, rere els quals ululaven cares d'un inframón de batracis, ulls com ous, ninetes com agulles, forats per narius, sense celles, sense llavis, la boca gran.

     Six, seven arms moving around like tentacles, behind which wailed faces from an batrachian underworld, eyes like eggs, pupils like needles, pierced by noses, without eyebrows, without lips, the mouths big.

Further reading

• “batraci” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “batracis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “batraci” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “batraci” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baˈtra.t͡ʃi/, (traditional) /ˈba.tra.t͡ʃi/
• Rhymes: -atʃi, (traditional) -atratʃi
• Hyphenation: ba‧trà‧ci, (traditional) bà‧tra‧ci

Noun

batraci m

1. plural of batrace

Anagrams

• bacarti, cabrati