espart

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [əsˈpart]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [esˈpaɾt]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [esˈpart]

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Noun

espart m (uncountable)

1. esparto grass, halfah grass, needlegrass (Stipa tenacissima)

Derived terms

• esparter
• espart bord

Further reading

• “espart”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “espart”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “espart” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “espart”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)