alcàsser

See also: Alcàsser

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic اَلْقَصْر (al-qaṣr, “the castle”), itself from Latin castrum (“castle”), whence also castell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əlˈka.sər]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [alˈka.ser]

Noun

alcàsser m (plural alcàssers)

1. alcazar (Moorish fortress in Spain)
2. (by extension) castle, citadel
3. (nautical) quarterdeck

Further reading

• “alcàsser”, 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