enciam

Catalan

Alternative forms

• encisam, ensiam

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *incīsāmen, collective of incīsum, from incīdō (“to cut into”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [ən.siˈam]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [en.siˈam]

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Noun

enciam m (plural enciams)

1. lettuce

   Synonym: lletuga

Further reading

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