llapis

Catalan

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin lapis (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈʎa.pis]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Noun

llapis m (invariable)

1. pencil

Usage notes

• In informal speech the non-standard plural llàpissos is sometimes used.

Further reading

• “llapis”, 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
• “llapis” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “llapis”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• llapis on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ca