aiguacuit

Catalan

Etymology

Calque of Medieval Latin aqua decoctum, lit. "boiled water".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əj.ɣwəˈkujt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [aj.ɣwaˈkujt]

Noun

aiguacuit m (plural aiguacuits)

1. a type of animal glue composed mainly of gelatin

Further reading

• “aiguacuit”, 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