capçana

Catalan

Etymology

From capça +‎ -ana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kəpˈsa.nə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kapˈsa.na]

Noun

capçana f (plural capçanes)

1. A circular pad placed on the head to facilitated headcarrying.
2. cap

   Synonym: gorra

3. (Balearic, Alghero, Valencia) coaster, trivet (round pad used to set hot cookware on)

   Synonym: estalvis

4. (dialectal) towel

   Synonym: eixugamà

Hypernyms

• rodella

Further reading

• “capçana”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024