aquelarre

From Basque akelarre, possibly via Spanish aquelarre.

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.kəˈla.rə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.keˈla.re/

aquelarre m (plural aquelarres)

1. (folklore) witches' Sabbath

   Synonym: sàbat

• “aquelarre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Borrowed from Basque akelarre, a composed of aker (“male goat”) and larre (“meadow”). Some researchers say the original word was alkalarre, from alka (“Spanish kind of cocksfoot”), akelarre being a form corrupted by the Church.

• IPA^(key): /akeˈlare/ [a.keˈla.re]
• Rhymes: -are
• Syllabification: a‧que‧la‧rre

aquelarre m (plural aquelarres)

1. a nocturnal group of witches and the devil
2. a coven
3. a Basque celebration of witches

• “aquelarre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014