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Catalan
Etymology
From vitx, dialectal plural form of vit (“penis”). The plural form was taken for a singular and gave rise to a new plural form, vitxos. The singular form bitxo was created from this via back-formation and respelled in accordance with the Catalonian merger of /v/ and /b/.
Pronunciation
Noun
bitxo m (plural bitxos)
- chili pepper
- Synonyms: pebrina, vitet
Derived terms
Further reading
- “bitxo”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “bitxo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “bitxo” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “bitxo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.