gresol

• cresol

From a Vulgar Latin form reconstructed as *crosiolus or *cruceolus, from Classical Latin crucibulus. Compare Italian crogiolo, Old French croisuel.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ɡɾəˈzɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ɡɾeˈzɔl]

gresol m (plural gresols)

1. oil lamp

   Synonyms: llàntia, llumenera

2. reservoir (of an oil lamp)
3. crucible
4. hearth (lowest part of a blast furnace)
5. (figurative) melting pot

• → Spanish: crisol
  • → Portuguese: crisol

• “gresol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.