aixeta

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. Possibilities include a derivation from eixetar, a variation of the verb deixatar (to dissolve) or a borrowing of Old Spanish xeta (snout).

Pronunciation

Noun

aixeta f (plural aixetes)

  1. tap, faucet
    • 2006, Sergi Pàmies, “Com dues gotes d'aigua”, in Si menges una llimona sense fer ganyotes:
      Il·lusionada, llisca per l'últim revolt de la canonada i treu el cap per la desembocadura de l'aixeta.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

  • aixeteria

References

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