bessó

== Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [bəˈso] IPA(key): (Valencia) [beˈso] Rhymes: -o === Etymology 1 === Of unknown origin. Suggestions have included Proto-Indo-European *bekione (“double, partner”), Latin *bissōne (“double”), and a pre-Roman *bikione related to Basque biki (“twin”), biko (“pair”), and bikun (“double”). Compare Franco-Provençal besson, Occitan besson and Piedmontese bësson ==== Adjective ==== bessó (feminine bessona, masculine plural bessons, feminine plural bessones) twin (botany, relational) of conjoined fruits that are usually separate ===== Derived terms ===== arbre bessó espelta bessona (“emmer”) ==== Noun ==== bessó m (plural bessons, feminine bessona, feminine plural bessones) twin === Etymology 2 === Probably from a semantic variation of ametlla bessona (“conjoined almond”). ==== Noun ==== bessó m (plural bessons) the meat of a nut; especially an almond the meat of a fruit or vegetable bone marrow the meat or essence of something === Further reading === “bessó”, 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 “bessó” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.