bessó

See also: besso

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈso]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [beˈso]

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• Rhymes: -o

Etymology 1

Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included Proto-Indo-European *bekione (“double, partner”), Latin *bissōne (“double”), and a pre-Roman *bikione related to Basque biki (“twin”), biko (“pair”), and bikun (“double”). Compare Franco-Provençal besson, Occitan besson and Piedmontese bësson

Adjective

una cirera bessona
a conjoined cherry

bessó (feminine bessona, masculine plural bessons, feminine plural bessones)

1. twin
2. (botany, relational) of conjoined fruits that are usually separate

Derived terms

• arbre bessó
• espelta bessona (“emmer”)

Noun

bessó m (plural bessons, feminine bessona, feminine plural bessones)

1. twin

Etymology 2

Probably from a semantic variation of ametlla bessona (“conjoined almond”).

Noun

bessó m (plural bessons)

1. the meat of a nut; especially an almond
2. the meat of a fruit or vegetable
3. bone marrow
4. the meat or essence of something

Further reading

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