Priorat

Catalan

Etymology

From priorat (“priory; territory administered by a prior”). Historically, the central region of the comarca was administered by the Carthusian Monastery of Santa Maria d'Escaladei.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾi.uˈɾat]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [pɾi.oˈɾat]

Proper noun

Priorat m

1. Priorat (a comarca in Tarragona province, Catalonia, Spain; capital: Falset)
2. (wines) a denomination of qualified origin within the comarca of Priorat

Derived terms

• priorat
• prioratí

German

Etymology

Latin prioratus

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʁioˈʁaːt]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Pri‧o‧rat

Noun

Priorat n (strong, genitive Priorates or Priorats, plural Priorate)

1. priory

Declension

Declension of Priorat [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Priorat	die	Priorate
genitive	eines	des	Priorates, Priorats	der	Priorate
dative	einem	dem	Priorat, Priorate1	den	Prioraten
accusative	ein	das	Priorat	die	Priorate

¹Now rare, see notes.

Further reading

• “Priorat” in Duden online