patoia

== Catalan == === Etymology === Blend of petita (“small”) +‎ amploia (“sprat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [pəˈto̞.jə] IPA(key): (Balearic, Central) [pəˈtɔ.jə] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [paˈtɔ.ja] === Noun === patoia f (plural patoies) brisling (a juvenile European sprat) ==== Hypernyms ==== amploia meleta === Further reading === “patoia”, 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 “patoia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “patoia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “patoia”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) “patoia” in termcat, Centre de Terminologia, 2026.