gàbia

Inherited from Latin cavea. (Compare Italian gabbia.) Doublet of càvea, a learned borrowing.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈɡa.βi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈɡa.bi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡa.bi.a]

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gàbia f (plural gàbies)

1. cage
2. (nautical) topsail

• gabier
• gabieta
• gabió

• “gàbia”, 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

From Old Occitan gabia, from Latin cavĕa (“cage”). Compare Italian gabbia.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bjɒ/

gàbia f (plural gàbias)

1. cage

From Latin cavĕa (“cage”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.bi.a̯/

gàbia f (plural ghëbi)

1. cage