bacallà

Catalan

Etymology

Uncertain. If the element *bak- is a metathesis of *kab- (compare French cabillaud and German Kabeljau from Dutch kabeljauw), then the original form of the word could have been *cabalao, maybe meaning "large-headed fish".

Cognate to Italian baccalà, Portuguese bacalhau, Spanish bacalao.

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -a

Noun

bacallà m (plural bacallans)

  1. cod

Synonyms

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