tovalla

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan toalla, from Frankish *thwahillja (“towel”) or indirectly via Medieval Latin toallia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [tuˈβa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈva.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈva.ʎa]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [toˈβa.ʎa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

tovalla f (plural tovalles)

1. (dated) synonym of tovallola (“towel”)
2. (in the plural) tablecloth

Further reading

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