allau

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Catalan

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Etymology

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From earlier llau f, with the definite article la llau interpreted as l'allau. Llau is from Latin lābēs (fall), from lābor (to slip).

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Noun

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allau f (plural allaus)

  1. avalanche (large mass or body of snow and ice sliding swiftly down a mountain side)
  2. (by extension) barrage, avalanche (sudden, great, or irresistible descent or influx of anything)
    una allau de gent(please add an English translation of this usage example)
    • 2020 October 10, Àngels Piñol, “Un ‘blues’ per a l’històric carrer Ferran”, in El País[1]:
      Habituada a viure del turisme, el carrer Ferran sembla un escenari inanimat, esborrades ja les allaus de visitants que la recorrien camí de Sant Jaume o la Rambla.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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