penjarella
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
penjarella f (plural penjarelles)
- hang (of a curtain); something which hangs
- 1931, Prudenci Bertrana, L'hereu:
- Les cambres feien ensems la servitud de rebost i de graner; hi havia una barreja pintoresca de llits i sacs, de caixes i andròmines de tota llei, de forcs de cebes i de penjarelles del porc salat.
- The rooms served as both pantry and granary; there was a picturesque mixture of beds and sacks, of boxes and pieces of junk of every description, of forks of onions and hanging pieces of salted pork.
- wreath, garland
- pendant, drop; charm, trinket
Further reading
- “penjarella”, 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