colltort

Catalan

Etymology

From coll (“neck”) +‎ tort (“bent, twisted, crooked”), in sense 2 associating religious people to excessively bowing and looking downwards. Compare Italian collotorto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˌkɔʎˈtɔrt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌkɔʎˈtɔɾt]
• Rhymes: -ɔɾt
• Hyphenation: coll‧tort

Noun

colltort m (plural colltorts)

1. (zoology) a wryneck, specifically the Eurasian wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

   Synonym: formiguer

Derived terms

• colltort comú (“Eurasian wryneck”)
• colltort gorja-roig (“red-throated wryneck (Jynx ruficollis)”)

Noun

colltort m (plural colltorts, feminine colltorta, feminine plural colltortes)

1. (figurative, derogatory) hypocrite, goody-goody (especially a religious one)

Further reading

• “colltort”, 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