allau
Catalan
Alternative forms
Etymology
From earlier llau f, with the definite article la llau interpreted as l'allau. Llau is from Latin lābēs (“fall”), from lābor (“to slip”).
Noun
allau f (plural allaus)
- avalanche (large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side)
- (by extension) barrage, avalanche (sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything)
- una allau de gent ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País:
- Habituada a viure del turisme, el carrer Ferran sembla un escenari inanimat, esborrades ja les allaus de visitants que la recorrien camí de Sant Jaume o la Rambla.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
- llavei
Further reading
allau on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca- “allau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “allau” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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