pensament

Catalan

Etymology

From pensar +‎ -ment. Compare Spanish pensamiento, Portuguese pensamento.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pən.səˈmen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pən.səˈment]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pen.saˈment]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

pensament m (plural pensaments)

1. thought

   Tothom té a vegades pensaments negatius. ― Everyone sometimes has negative thoughts.

2. pansy

Synonyms

• (faculty) enteniment, pensa
• (flower) pensament de jardí

Derived terms

• pensament silvestre
• pensamentera

Further reading

• “pensament”, 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
• “pensament”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pensament” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pensament” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Occitan

Etymology

pensar +‎ -ment First attested in the 16th century.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Béarn):

  (file)

Noun

pensament m (plural pensaments)

1. bandage
2. worry

   Synonym: preocupacion

Further reading

• Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana‎^[1], L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2025, page 230
• Joan de Cantalausa (2006), Diccionari general occitan a partir dels parlars lengadocians‎^[2], 2nd edition, →ISBN, page 733