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escorxar
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Catalan
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Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin excorticāre, cognate with French écorcher. Doublet of excorticar, a learned borrowing.
Pronunciation
Verb
escorxar (first-person singular present escorxo, first-person singular preterite escorxí, past participle escorxat); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /ɔ/
- to decorticate, debark
- to skin
Conjugation
Derived terms
- escorxador
- escorxament
- escorxa-rosses
Related terms
Further reading
- “escorxar” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “escorxar”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April
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