calamarsa

== Catalan == === Etymology === Probably from a Pre-Roman Celtic root caria martia ("stones of March"), analogically to calabruix (“hail”). If so, comparable to modern Welsh cerrig Mawrth (“stones of March”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central) [kə.ləˈmar.sə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ka.laˈmaɾ.sa] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ka.laˈmar.sa] === Noun === calamarsa f (plural calamarses) hail (balls of ice falling as precipitation) Synonyms: granís, pedra ==== Derived terms ==== calamarsada calamarsejar === References === === Further reading === “calamarsa”, 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 “calamarsa”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “calamarsa” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “calamarsa”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)