cruixidera
Catalan
Etymology
From cruixir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [kɾu.ʃiˈðe.ɾə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kɾuj.ʃiˈðe.ɾa]
- Rhymes: -eɾa
- Hyphenation: crui‧xi‧de‧ra
Noun
cruixidera f (plural cruixideres)
- rustling
- Synonyms: cruixidissa, cruixidina
- 1997, Àlan Greus, L'amulet egipci, 10th edition, Bromera, published 2004, →ISBN, page 36:
- Una cruixidera de vidres a la meua esquena m'advertí que l'aventura s'havia acabat.
- A rustling of glasses behind my back warned me that the adventure was over.
Further reading
- “cruixidera”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “cruixidera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “cruixidera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.