joell

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *juliellus, diminutive of iulis (“rainbow wrasse”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ʒuˈeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ʒoˈeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [d͡ʒoˈeʎ]

joell m (plural joells)

1. sand smelt (any one of several small saltwater fish in the genus Atherina)

• cabeçuda
• moixonet

• joell atlàntic

• juliola

• “joell”, 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