metzina

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan metzina (“medicine”), from Latin medicīna. Compare Old Occitan metzina, Old French mecine. Doublet of the borrowed medicina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [məˈd͡zi.nə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [meˈd͡zi.na]

Noun

metzina f (plural metzines)

poison
Synonym: verí m

Derived terms

References

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

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