oronella

• orenella, oronell

Assimilated form of orenella, metathesised from Old Catalan *eronella, from Vulgar Latin *hirundella, diminutive of hirundō (“swallow”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [u.ɾuˈne.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [o.ɾoˈne.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [o.ɾoˈne.ʎa]

oronella f (plural oronelles)

1. swallow (bird)

• “oronella”, 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
• “oronella”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.