gripau
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Catalan[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Unknown derivation, possibly from Occitan grapaut or French crapaud, which both likely derived from Frankish *krappō (“hook”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
gripau m (plural gripaus)
- toad
- Synonym: calàpet
- goldsinny wrasse (Ctenolabrus rupestris)
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Further reading[edit]
- “gripau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “gripau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
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