esquer

== Catalan == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Latin escārius (“pertaining to food”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Northern) [əsˈke̞] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [əsˈke] IPA(key): (Valencia) [esˈkeɾ] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [esˈke] ==== Noun ==== esquer m (plural esquers) (fishing, hunting) bait === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Basque ezker (“left hand”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɛr] ==== Adjective ==== esquer (feminine esquerra, masculine plural esquers, feminine plural esquerres) (dialectal) alternative form of esquerre === Further reading === “esquer”, 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 “esquer”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “esquer” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “esquer”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)