xinxa

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Catalan

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Mozarabic *činče, itself from Latin cīmicem (cf. Spanish chinche). The Catalan singular xinxa is a back-formation from the plural xinxes. Displaced Old Catalan címeu, which was directly inherited from Latin.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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xinxa f (plural xinxes)

  1. bedbug

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ xinxa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

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