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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *catalectus, a blend of catasta and lectus. Cognate with Spanish cadalecho and Italian cataletto and French châlit.
Pronunciation
Noun
cadaleito m (plural cadaleitos)
- (dated) bier, kind of stretcher used for moving and holding a corpse
- Synonym: escano
- coffin
- Synonyms: caixa, féretro
- cot (simple bed)
Related terms
References
- “cadaleito” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cadaleito” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.