comensal

== Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin commēnsālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ku.mənˈsal] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.mənˈsal] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ko.menˈsal] === Noun === comensal m (plural comensals) commensal, fellow diner === Further reading === “comensal”, 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 “comensal”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “comensal” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “comensal”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Latin commēnsālis, from com- + mensa (“table”) + -ālis. === Noun === comensal m or f by sense (plural comensais) messmate, commensal ==== Related terms ==== con- mesa === Further reading === “comensal”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “comensal”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin commēnsālis. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komenˈsal/ [ko.mẽnˈsal] Rhymes: -al Syllabification: co‧men‧sal === Noun === comensal m or f by sense (plural comensales) messmate, commensal, fellow diner, dining companion ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “comensal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025