balç

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin balteum, balteus (“belt”). Compare Occitan baus and Italian balzo (“crag”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈbals]

Noun

balç m (plural balços)

precipice
Synonym: precipici

Further reading

“balç” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“balç” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “balteus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 1: A–B, page 226

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