esput

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spūtum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əsˈput]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [esˈput]

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Noun

esput m (plural esputs)

1. sputum

Derived terms

• esputar

Further reading

• “esput”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Old French

Alternative forms

• sput

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sputum.

Noun

esput oblique singular, m (oblique plural espuz or esputz, nominative singular espuz or esputz, nominative plural esput)

1. spittle; spit