cleda

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin clēta.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈklɛ.ðə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) unknown
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈkle.ða]

cleda f (plural cledes)

1. pen, fold, paddock, corral

   Synonyms: pleta, quintana, mallada, clos

2. hurdle
3. (figurative) home; fold

• cledissa

• → Spanish: cleda

• “cleda” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “cleda”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin clēta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkledo/

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cleda f (plural cledas)

1. hurdle (type of fence)

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*clēta”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 776

Borrowed from Catalan cleda, from Early Medieval Latin clēta. First attested in 1396.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkleda/ [ˈkle.ð̞a]
• Rhymes: -eda
• Syllabification: cle‧da

cleda f (plural cledas)

1. (historical, somewhat uncommon) a siege tower

• “cleda”, in Diccionario histórico de la lengua española [Historical Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], launched 2013, →ISSN