fetge

Catalan

Etymology

From Late Latin fīcātum (liver) (compare Occitan fetge, French foie, Spanish hígado), ellipsis of Latin iecur fīcātum (fig-stuffed liver), attested from 1288.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈfe.d͡ʒə/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈfe.d͡ʒe/
  • (file)

Noun

fetge m (plural fetges)

  1. (anatomy) liver

Derived terms

References

  1. fetge”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading


Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Catalan fetge), from Late Latin fīcātum (liver), from Latin iecur fīcātum (fig-stuffed liver), attested from the 13th century.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

fetge m (plural fetges)

  1. (anatomy) liver

References

  1. Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2016, page 271.
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