gresol

Catalan

Alternative forms

• cresol

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin form reconstructed as *crosiolum or *cruceolum. It's unlikely it is derived from Medieval Latin crucibulum due to the late appearance of this sense (c. 1356, see CNRTL), moreover, it's argued crucibulum is a Latinization of the romance term. Compare Italian crogiolo, Old French croisuel, French creuset.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ɡɾəˈzo̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ɡɾəˈzɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡɾeˈzɔl]

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Noun

gresol m (plural gresols)

1. oil lamp

   Synonyms: llàntia, llumenera

2. reservoir (of an oil lamp)
3. crucible
4. hearth (lowest part of a blast furnace)
5. (figurative) melting pot

Derived terms

• agresolat
• gresola
• gresolera

Descendants

• → Spanish: crisol
  • → Portuguese: crisol

Further reading

• “gresol”, 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