palometa
English
Noun
palometa (plural palometas)
- Any of numerous types of fish. (See Wikipedia for a list.)
Catalan
Etymology
From paloma + -eta (“diminutive suffix”).
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /pə.loˈmə.tə/
- (Central) IPA(key): /pə.luˈmɛ.tə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /pa.loˈme.ta/
Noun
palometa f (plural palometes)
- The green brittlegill (Russula virescens), an edible mushroom.
- (Valencia) butterfly
- (Mallorca) yellow toadflax
Synonyms
- (mushroom): llora blanca
- (butterfly): papallona
Further reading
- “palometa” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “palometa” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Spanish
Noun
palometa f (plural palometas)
- dropwort
Noun
palometa f (plural palometas)
- one of various types of fish
- Trachinotus goodei
- (Venezuela) the silver mylossoma, Mylossoma duriventris
Descendants
- → Maquiritari: jadometa
Further reading
- “palometa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014