cuirassa

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin [Term?].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kujˈɾa.sə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kujˈɾa.sa]
• Rhymes: -asa

Noun

cuirassa f (plural cuirasses)

1. breastplate (a piece of armor that covers the chest)

Derived terms

• cuirassar

Further reading

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

Etymology 2

Verb

cuirassa

1. inflection of cuirassar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cuirassas, cuirassât

Verb

cuirassa

1. third-person singular past historic of cuirasser