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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin commēnsālis.
Pronunciation
Noun
comensal m (plural comensals)
- commensal, fellow diner
2017 January 4, Laura Estirado, “El #SentadorDeMadres, per un Nadal en igualtat”, in El Periódico:En poc més de dos dies, el vídeo protagonitzat per una atribolada 'mare tipus' al voltant d'una concorreguda taula --amb comensals imaginaris on podríem fer seure els nostres cunyats, germanes, oncles i nebots, per exemple-- ha aconseguit més de 400.000 visualitzacions i moltes més comparticions a Facebook i Twitter.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin commēnsālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis.
Noun
comensal m or f by sense (plural comensais)
- messmate, commensal
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin commēnsālis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /komenˈsal/
- Rhymes: -al
- Syllabification: co‧men‧sal
Noun
comensal m or f by sense (plural comensales)
- messmate, commensal, fellow diner, dining companion
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