escreix

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan escreix, deverbal of escréixer (“to add, to increase”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈkɾeʃ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈkɾejʃ]

Noun

escreix m (plural escreixos)

1. increase (payment increased)
2. in regime of separation property, voluntary donation of the husband to the wife's dowry

Further reading

• “escreix” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “escreix”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
• “escreix”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April