gresol

== Catalan == === Alternative forms === cresol === Etymology === From a Vulgar Latin form reconstructed as *crosiolus or *cruceolus, from Classical Latin crucibulus. Compare Italian crogiolo, Old French croisuel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [ɡɾəˈzo̞l] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [ɡɾəˈzɔl] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ɡɾeˈzɔl] === Noun === gresol m (plural gresols) oil lamp Synonyms: llàntia, llumenera reservoir (of an oil lamp) crucible hearth (lowest part of a blast furnace) (figurative) melting pot ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Spanish: crisol→ Portuguese: crisol === Further reading === “gresol”, 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