guarda-roba

See also: guardaroba

Catalan

wardrobe

cloakroom

Etymology

Verb-object compound, composed of guarda (“to guard, to protect”) +‎ roba (“clothing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˌɡwar.dəˈrɔ.bə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˌɡwaɾ.ðaˈrɔ.ba]

Noun

guarda-roba m (plural guarda-robes)

1. (furniture) wardrobe (movable furniture for storing clothes)
2. cloakroom (a room intended for holding guests' cloaks and other heavy outerwear, as at a theater or night club)

Further reading

• “guarda-roba” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “guarda-roba”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “guarda-roba” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “guarda-roba” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.