picaflors
Catalan
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of pica + flors.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [pi.kəˈflɔs]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [pi.kaˈflɔɾs]
- Rhymes: -ɔs, -ɔɾs
- Hyphenation: pi‧ca‧flors
Noun
picaflors m (invariable)
- hummingbird
- Synonym: colibrí
Further reading
- “picaflors” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “picaflors” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “picaflors”, 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