cascavell

From Vulgar Latin cascābellus (“small bell”), diminutive of cascābus, from Latin cāccabus. Compare Occitan cascavèl.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəs.kəˈβeʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəs.kəˈveʎ]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kas.kaˈveʎ]

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cascavell m (plural cascavells)

1. jingle bell
2. rattle (of a rattlesnake)

• cascavellada
• cascavellejar
• serp de cascavell

• “cascavell”, 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
• “cascavell” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.