cremallera

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from French crémaillère. Doublet of clemàstecs (trammel).

Noun

cremallera f (plural cremalleres)

  1. zip fastener; zipper
  2. (mechanical engineering) rack

Noun

cremallera m (plural cremalleres)

  1. (rail transport) Ellipsis of tren cremallera.; rack railway

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French crémaillère.

Pronunciation

 
  • IPA(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /kɾemaˈʝeɾa/
  • IPA(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /kɾemaˈʎeɾa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /kɾemaˈʃeɾa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /kɾemaˈʒeɾa/

  • Rhymes: -eɾa
  • Syllabification: cre‧ma‧lle‧ra

Noun

cremallera f (plural cremalleras)

  1. zip fastener; zipper
    Synonym: cierre
  2. (mechanical engineering) rack

Interjection

cremallera

  1. zip it, shush

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