tovalla

Inherited from Old Catalan toalla, from Frankish *thwahillja (“towel”) or indirectly via Medieval Latin toallia.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [tuˈβa.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [toˈva.ʎə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [toˈva.ʎa]

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tovalla f (plural tovalles)

1. (dated) synonym of tovallola (“towel”)
2. (in the plural) tablecloth

• “tovalla” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “tovalla”, 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
• “tovalla”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025