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apel·lar.

to appeal [with a ‘to’]; to call upon

8 characters3 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

verb[ə.pəlˈla]Balearic, Central, Northern[a.pelˈlaɾ]Valencia[a.pelˈla]Northwestern

  1. to appeal [with a ‘to’]; to call upon

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · intransitive

  2. to resort

    Balearic · Central · Northern · Northwestern · Valencia · figuratively · intransitive
    sense apel·lar a altres recursos
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan apellar, from Latin appellāre. The contemporary Latinised pronunciation (with geminate /ll/ rather than historic /ʎ/) is due to its use in predominantly legal contexts.

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