parallamps
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + llamps (“lightning bolts”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parallamps m (invariable)
- lightning rod (a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning)
Further reading edit
- “parallamps” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “parallamps”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “parallamps” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “parallamps” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.