eixam

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin exāmen. Doublet of examen.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʃam]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ejˈʃam]

Noun

eixam m (plural eixams)

swarm (of bees)
(by extension) crowd; cluster

Related terms

enxamenar
eixamar

Further reading

“eixam” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“eixam”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“eixam” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“eixam” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Galician

Verb

eixam

(reintegrationist norm) third-person plural present indicative of eixar

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