queixal
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Catalan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From queix (“lower maxillar”), from Vulgar Latin capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”) and capsus (“wagon body”), or possibly directly from this last one.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]queixal m (plural queixals)
- (dentistry) molar
- Synonym: molar
- (by extension) tooth-shaped protuberance present in an otherwise straight line or flat surface
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Davant meu la roca s'obria com un queixal gegant i cariat.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “queixal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “queixal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
Portuguese
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Adjective
[edit]queixal m or f (plural queixais)
Noun
[edit]queixal m (plural queixais)
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