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picapedrell

Pronunciation: [ˌpi.kə.pəˈðɾe̞ʎ]

“picapedrell” is a Catalan word. Its meaning in English:

noun

  1. a children's game in which a ring is secretly passed from hand to hand until a signal is given to begin guessing and then one player has to guess which of the other players has it

Etymology

From picapedra + -ell. So named from the cry of "Picapedrell, qui té l'anell?" ("Grey heron, who has the ring?"), which is the signal to begin the guessing phase of the game.

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