empit

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin antepectus, from ante- +‎ pectus. Doublet of ampit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əmˈpit]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [emˈpit]

Noun

empit m (plural empits)

1. slope, incline

   Synonyms: pujada, vessant

Derived terms

• empitada

Further reading

• “empit”, 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
• “empit” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “empit” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.