espuri

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin spurius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əsˈpu.ɾi]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpu.ɾi]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -uɾi

Adjective

espuri (feminine espúria, masculine plural espuris, feminine plural espúries)

1. illegitimate (born out of wedlock)

   Synonym: bastard

2. spurious, false

   Synonym: fals

Noun

espuri m (plural espuris)

1. (engineering) glitch (unexpected behaviour in a signal)

Further reading

• “espuri”, 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