folre

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan foure, from Proto-Germanic *fōdrą (“sheath”) either via Frankish *fōdr or Gothic 𐍆𐍉𐌳𐍂 (fōdr).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈfo̞l.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈfɔl.rə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈfol.re]

• Audio (Barcelona):

  (file)

Noun

folre m (plural folres)

1. (archaic) sheath
2. lining
3. cover, facing
4. (castells) a second-level base built on top of the pinya
5. (heraldry) fur

Derived terms

• folrar
• folreria

Further reading

• “folre”, 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