anyívol

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From any +‎ -ívol.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

anyívol (feminine anyívola, masculine plural anyívols, feminine plural anyívoles)

  1. (figurative) weak, feeble
  2. (agriculture) fruitful in alternating years
    • 1922, August Matons i Colomer, Descripció de les més importants varietats d'avellaner cultivades a Catalunya:
      Arbre de major desenrotllament que l'anterior; productiu, anyívol, bastant resistent a les secades.
      Tree of greater development than the previous one; productive, fruitful every other year, resistant enough to drought.