claraboia

See also: clarabóia

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French claire-voie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [klə.ɾəˈβo̞.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [klə.ɾəˈbɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [klə.ɾəˈβɔ.jə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kla.ɾaˈbɔ.ja]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kla.ɾaˈβɔ.ja]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

claraboia f (plural claraboies)

1. skylight

   Synonym: lluerna

Further reading

• “claraboia”, 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
• “claraboia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “claraboia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “claraboia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• clarabóia (pre-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from French claire-voie. Compare Spanish claraboya. Etymologically unrelated to boia.

Pronunciation

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾɐˈbɔj.ɐ/ [kla.ɾɐˈβɔj.ɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾɐˈbɔj.ɐ/ [kla.ɾɐˈβɔj.ɐ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kla.ɾɐˈbɔj.ɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɔjɐ
• Hyphenation: cla‧ra‧boi‧a

Noun

claraboia f (plural claraboias)

1. skylight (window, dome, or opening in the roof or ceiling, to admit natural light)

Further reading

• “claraboia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “claraboia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026