lletuga

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin lactūca. (Compare Occitan lachuga, French laitue, Spanish lechuga, Italian lattuga, Portuguese leituga, Romanian lăptucă).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ʎəˈtu.ɣə]

IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ʎeˈtu.ɣa]

Noun

lletuga f (plural lletugues)

lettuce
Synonyms: enciam, encisam

Derived terms

lletuga alpina

Related terms

llet

Further reading

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

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