aixella

== Catalan == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *axella, from Late Latin ascella, from Latin axilla. Compare Occitan aissèla, French aisselle, Italian ascella. Doublet of axil·la, a borrowing from Latin. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [əˈʃe.ʎə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ajˈʃe.ʎa] === Noun === aixella f (plural aixelles) (anatomy) armpit Synonym: axil·la === Further reading === “aixella”, 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 “aixella” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.