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Catalan
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of para (“to stop”) + llamps (“lightning bolts”).
Pronunciation
Noun
parallamps m (invariable)
- lightning rod (a metallic conductor that is attached to a high point of a building and leads to the ground to protect the building from damage by lightning)
Further reading
- “parallamps”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April
- “parallamps”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “parallamps” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “parallamps” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.