bombolla

Catalan

Alternative forms

• bambolla

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bulbulla, from Latin bulliō (“to bubble, to boil”) (from which bullir).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [bumˈbo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [bomˈbo.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [bomˈbo.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

bombolla f (plural bombolles)

1. bubble
2. (metallurgy) blister

Derived terms

• bombollar
• bombollejar
• borbollar

Further reading

• “bombolla”, 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
• “bombolla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “bombolla” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “bombolla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.