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Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from French crémaillère. Doublet of clemàstecs (“trammel”).
Noun
cremallera f (plural cremalleres)
- zip fastener; zipper
- (mechanical engineering) rack
Noun
cremallera m (plural cremalleres)
- (rail transport) Ellipsis of tren cremallera.; rack railway
Further reading
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)
- zip fastener; zipper
- Synonym: cierre
- (mechanical engineering) rack
Interjection
cremallera
- zip it, shush
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