serrell

Catalan

Etymology

From cerro +‎ -ell.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [səˈreʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [seˈreʎ]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Noun

serrell m (plural serrells)

1. bang (hair that hangs down over the forehead)
2. forelock (lock of hair on the forehead of a horse)
3. fringe (part of the hair)
4. fringe (unhemmed edge left as decoration)
5. the frayed edge of a well-worn piece of clothing

Related terms

• flocadura
• peçol

Further reading

• “serrell”, 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
• “serrell”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “serrell” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “serrell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.