esquela
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish esquela.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /əsˈkɛ.lə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /esˈkɛ.la/
Noun
esquela f (plural esqueles)
- announcement
- death announcement, obituary
- Synonyms: esquela mortuòria, necrologia
Further reading
- “esquela” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin scheda (“piece of paper”), either borrowed directly or perhaps via Italian scheda, with Spanish speakers attempting to approximate the [-d-] with their own [-l-]. First documented in early modern Spanish.
Noun
esquela f (plural esquelas)
- note, letter
- death announcement, funeral announcement
References
- “esquela”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “esquela”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1984), “esquela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume II (Ce–F), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 756