llapis

Catalan

Llapis de colors.

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin lapis (“stone”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈʎa.pis]
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Noun

llapis m (invariable)

pencil

Usage notes

In informal speech the non-standard plural llàpissos is sometimes used.

Further reading

“llapis” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“llapis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
“llapis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
llapis on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca

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