queixal

Catalan

Etymology

From queix (“lower maxillar”), from Vulgar Latin capseum (“box-like”), from capsa (“box”) and capsus (“wagon body”), or possibly directly from this last one.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəˈʃal]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kejˈʃal]

Noun

queixal m (plural queixals)

1. (dentistry) molar

   Synonym: molar

2. (by extension) tooth-shaped protuberance present in an otherwise straight line or flat surface
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 9, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Davant meu la roca s'obria com un queixal gegant i cariat.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• arrencaqueixals
• queixal del seny m
• queixalar
• treure foc pels queixals

Related terms

• capsa

Further reading

• “queixal” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “queixal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From queixo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ke(j)ˈʃaw/ [ke(ɪ̯)ˈʃaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈʃal/ [kɐjˈʃaɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐjˈʃal/ [kɐjˈʃaɫ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈʃal/ [kejˈʃaɫ]
  • (Central Portugal) IPA^(key): /kejˈʃal/ [kejˈʃaɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /keˈʃa.li/

• Rhymes: -al, -aw
• Hyphenation: quei‧xal

Adjective

queixal m or f (plural queixais)

1. (relational) jaw

Noun

queixal m (plural queixais)

1. molar tooth