queixal
Catalan
Etymology
From queix (“lower maxillar”), from Vulgar Latin capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”) and capsus (“wagon body”), or possibly directly from this last one.
Noun
queixal m (plural queixals)
- (dentistry) molar
- Synonym: molar
- (by extension) tooth-shaped protuberance present in an otherwise straight line or flat surface
- 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:
- Davant meu la roca s'obria com un queixal gegant i cariat.
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Derived terms
- arrencaqueixals
- queixal del seny m
- queixalar
- treure foc pels queixals
Related terms
Further reading
- “queixal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “queixal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
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