beceroles

Catalan

Alternative forms

• abeceroles

Etymology

Plural of abecé +‎ -ola, with reanalysis of the stressed final [e] as the suffix -er and apheresis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bə.səˈɾo̞.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bə.səˈɾɔ.ləs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [be.seˈɾɔ.les]

Noun

beceroles f pl (plural only)

1. abecedarium, primer (book used to teach the alphabet)

   Synonyms: abecedari, abecé

2. (by extension) primer (introductory text on any subject)

Further reading

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “beceroles”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “beceroles”, 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