saó

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sao"

Catalan

Alternative forms

• sasó, sagó, savó, sauó (all regional)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan saó~saon, inherited from Latin satiōnem (“act of sowing, planting”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈo]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [saˈo]

Noun

saó f (plural saons)

1. ripeness
2. season

Derived terms

• saonada

References

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