camarlenc

Catalan

Etymology

Ultimately from Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”). The Roman Catholic sense is a semantic loan from Italian camerlengo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.mərˈlɛŋ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.mərˈləŋk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.maɾˈleŋk]

Noun

camarlenc m (plural camarlencs)

1. (Roman Catholicism) camerlengo
2. (historical) chamberlain

Further reading

• “camarlenc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”).

Noun

camarlenc m (oblique plural camarlencs, nominative singular camarlencs, nominative plural camarlenc)

1. chamberlain (officer in charge of managing a household)

Descendants

• →? Old Catalan: camarleng
  • Catalan: camarlenc
  • → Spanish: camarlengo
• Occitan: camarlenc