empelt

Catalan

Etymology

From empeltar (“to graft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈpɛl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əmˈpɛlt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [emˈpɛlt]

Noun

empelt m (plural empelts)

1. (horticulture) grafting (the act, art, or process of inserting grafts)
2. (horticulture) graft (a small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree)
3. (horticulture) graft (a branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot)
4. (surgery) graft (the transplanting of a portion of flesh or skin to a denuded surface)
5. (surgery) graft (a portion of living tissue used in the operation of autoplasty)

Further reading

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