grata-sòl

Catalan

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of grata (“to scrape”) +‎ sòl (“ground”), by analogy with gratacel (“skyscraper”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌɡɾa.təˈsɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡɾa.taˈsɔl]

Noun

grata-sòl m (plural grata-sòls)

1. groundscraper (a building much wider than it is tall)

Further reading

• “grata-sòl”, 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