perol

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan peyrol, from Vulgar Latin *pariolum, diminutive of *parium, from Transalpine Gaulish parios, from Proto-Celtic *kʷaryos (“cauldron”). Compare Welsh pair and Irish coire. By surface analysis, pèr +‎ -ol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [pəˈɾɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [peˈɾɔl]

Noun

perol m (plural perols)

1. cauldron

   Synonym: caldera

Descendants

• → Portuguese: parol
• → Spanish: perol

References

• “perol” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Further reading

• “perol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peˈɾɔw/ [peˈɾɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾɔl/ [pɨˈɾɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾɔl/ [pɨˈɾɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨˈɾɔ.li/

• Hyphenation: pe‧rol

Conjunction

perol

1. Alternative form of pero

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Catalan perol.

Noun

perol m (plural peroles)

1. cauldron

Further reading

• “perol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014