No. 6,979 in Catalan

voltaire

"Voltaire" in Catalan refers to a rocking chair.

In a sentence

El pensador Voltaire va influir molt en la Il·lustració.
The thinker Voltaire greatly influenced the Enlightenment.
Here, 'Voltaire' refers to the historical figure François-Marie Arouet, known as Voltaire, emphasizing its proper noun usage.
Voltaire va escriure sobre la importància de la raó i la llibertat.
Voltaire wrote about the importance of reason and freedom.
'Voltaire' in this context is used as the name of the author credited for these writings and ideas.
De vegades, atribuïm una cita a Voltaire de manera equivocada.
Sometimes, we mistakenly attribute a quote to Voltaire.
This usage of 'Voltaire' refers to the person, focusing on the phenomenon where quotes are wrongly credited to him.

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