espill

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *speclum (compare Occitan espelh, Spanish espejo), from syncopation of Latin speculum. Compare the borrowed doublet espècul.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpiʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpiʎ]

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• Rhymes: -iʎ

espill m (plural espills)

1. (Valencia) (North eastern Catalan) mirror
2. (nautical) transom (vertical reinforcement of the stern of a boat)

   Synonyms: estampa, mirall de popa

• mirall m

• espècul
• especular
• espitllera

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espill”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)