eriçó

See also: Erico and Érico

Catalan

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *ērīciō, ērīciōnem, from Latin ēricius, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰḗr (“to bristle”). Compare Occitan eriçon, French hérisson, Romansch erizun. Alternatively, from an earlier form *eriç (compare Occitan eriç, Old Occitan aritz, Italian riccio, Spanish erizo), later suffixed with -ó, from Latin -ōnem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ə.ɾiˈso/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /e.ɾiˈso/

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

eriçó m (plural eriçons)

1. hedgehog

Derived terms

• eriçó de mar

Related terms

• eriçar

Further reading

• “eriçó” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “eriçó” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.