zuau

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French zouave, from Arabic زَوَاوِيّ (zawāwiyy).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [zuˈaw]
Rhymes: -aw
Hyphenation: zu‧au

Noun

zuau m (plural zuaus)

(military, historical) Zouave

Further reading

“zuau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“zuau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
“zuau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“zuau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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