ganivet

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan canivet (compare Old French cnivet, canivet), originally with diminutive meaning. Itself from Frankish *knīf, from Proto-Germanic *knībaz (“knife”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ɡə.niˈvət/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ɡə.niˈbɛt/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ɡa.niˈvet/

Noun

ganivet m (plural ganivets)

knife

Synonyms

coltell

Further reading

“ganivet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
“ganivet” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
“ganivet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
“ganivet” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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