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jou.

yoke

3 characters1 syllables approx.Català language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈʒow]Balearic, Central[ˈd͡ʒɔw]Valencia

  1. yoke

    also · figuratively · masculine

  2. col (between mountains)

    masculine

  3. transom (type of structural beam)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old Catalan jou, from Latin iugum (compare Occitan jo, French joug, Spanish yugo), from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

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