envà

Catalan

Etymology

From Gaulish *andebanno (“eaves, portico”). Cognate with French auvent. (See there for more information.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əmˈba]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əɱˈva]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [eɱˈva]

Noun

envà m (plural envans)

1. partition (non-load-bearing wall)
2. (anatomy, botany) septum

   Synonym: septe

Further reading

• “envà”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April