guarda-roba

See also: guardaroba

Catalan

wardrobe

cloakroom

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to protect”) +‎ roba (“clothing”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.βə]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.bə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˌɡwaɾ.ðaˈrɔ.ba]

Noun

guarda-roba m (plural guarda-robes)

(furniture) wardrobe (movable furniture for storing clothes)
cloakroom (a room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club)

Further reading

“guarda-roba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“guarda-roba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“guarda-roba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“guarda-roba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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