allau

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From earlier llau f, with the definite article la llau interpreted as l'allau. Llau is from Latin lābēs (“fall”), from lābor (“to slip”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʎaw]
  • IPA(key): (Valencia) [aˈʎaw]
  • Audio (Barcelona):(file)
  • Rhymes: -aw

Noun

allau f (plural allaus)

  1. avalanche (large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side)
  2. (by extension) barrage, avalanche (sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything)
    una allau de gent ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País‎[1]:
      Habituada a viure del turisme, el carrer Ferran sembla un escenari inanimat, esborrades ja les allaus de visitants que la recorrien camí de Sant Jaume o la Rambla.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Synonyms

  • llavei

Further reading

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