tió

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tio"

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan tihó, from Latin tītiō. Compare Occitan tison, French tison, Spanish tizón.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [tiˈu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [tiˈo]

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• Rhymes: -o

Noun

tió m (plural tions)

1. the lowest part of a tree trunk, usually used for firewood as it is not suitable for use as lumber due to the rapidly diverging grain

Derived terms

• caga tió
• tió de Nadal

Related terms

• atiar

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “tió”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)
• “tió”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “tió”, 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