vesc

Catalan

Alternative forms

• visc

Etymology

Inherited from Latin viscum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈbe̞sk]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvəsk]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɛsk]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvesk]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbesk]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

vesc m (plural vescs or vescos)

1. mistletoe
   • 1992, “Carta a Donosti”, in Bamboo Avenue, performed by Umpah-pah:

     Grisolda, Grisolda, / quins reguitzells de vesc

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. birdlime

Further reading

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