falguera

Catalan

Alternative forms

• falaguera (Valencia), folguera (Tavascan), foguera (Empordà)

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *filicāria (“thicket of ferns”), from Latin filix (“fern”). Compare Aragonese falaguera, feleguera, Occitan falguièra, French fougère, Galician folgueira.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [fəlˈɣe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [falˈɣe.ɾa]

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• Rhymes: -eɾa

Noun

falguera f (plural falgueres)

1. fern

Derived terms

• falguera aquilina
• falguera d'espasa
• falguera femella
• falguera mascle
• falguera reial
• falguerar
• falguereta
• folguerila

 

Related terms

• falzilla

References

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