camarlenc
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”). The Roman Catholic sense is a semantic loan from Italian camerlengo.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kə.mərˈlɛŋ]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kə.mərˈləŋk]
- IPA(key): (Valencian) [ka.maɾˈleŋk]
Noun edit
camarlenc m (plural camarlencs)
Further reading edit
- “camarlenc”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Medieval Latin camerlingus, from Frankish *kamarling (“chamberlain”).
Noun edit
camarlenc m (oblique plural camarlencs, nominative singular camarlencs, nominative plural camarlenc)
- chamberlain (officer in charge of managing a household)
Descendants edit
- →? Old Catalan: camarleng
- Catalan: camarlenc
- → Spanish: camarlengo
- Occitan: camarlenc