òpal

Learned borrowing from Latin opalus, from Byzantine Greek ὀπάλλιος (opállios), from Sanskrit उपल (upala, “gem, stone”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɔ.pəl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɔ.pal]

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òpal m (plural òpals)

1. opal

• opalescent
• opalí

• “òpal”, 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