cervell

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cerebellum (compare Occitan cervèl, French cerveau, Italian cervello), diminutive of cerebrum, from Proto-Italic *kerazrom, from a Proto-Indo-European form *ḱerh₂-s-ro, from the root *ḱerh₂- (“head”). See also cerebel, which is a later re-borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sərˈbeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sərˈveʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [seɾˈveʎ]

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• Rhymes: -eʎ

Noun

cervell m (plural cervells)

1. brain

Derived terms

• rentar el cervell
• rentat de cervell

Related terms

• cerebel
• cerebral

Further reading

• “cervell” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cervell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian cervello, from Latin cerebrum.

Noun

cervell

1. brain