cabellera

Catalan

Etymology

From cabell ‎ -era.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kə.βəˈʎe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kə.bəˈʎe.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ka.beˈʎe.ɾa]

Noun

cabellera f (plural cabelleres)

1. head of hair
2. mane (longer hair growth on back of neck of an animal)

   Synonym: crinera

3. (astronomy) tail (the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind)

Further reading

• “cabellera” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “cabellera”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “cabellera” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “cabellera” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From cabello ‎ -era.

Noun

cabellera f (plural cabelleras)

1. hair, head of hair
2. (astronomy) tail (the visible stream of dust and gases blown from a comet by the solar wind)

Further reading

• “cabellera”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28