secall

Catalan

Etymology

From sec +‎ -all.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈkaʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈkaʎ]

Noun

secall m (plural secalls)

1. a dead branch, deadwood
2. (colloquial) a withered person, a skeleton
3. a kind of sweet biscuit similar to a biscotti

Derived terms

• secalló
• secallós

Further reading

• “secall”, 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