cirola
Galician
Cirolas, abruños, ameixas, cereollos and fatóns
Etymology
Probably a late borrowing from Leonese; from Late Latin cēreŏla, an abbreviation of pruna cēreola ("wax-colored plums"), from the feminine of Latin cereolus; see cera.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θiˈɾɔla̝/
Noun
cirola f (plural cirolas)
- plum (fruit)
- Synonyms: abruño, ameixa
- damson; a certain kind of plum
- Synonym: fatón
Related terms
- cerollo
- cerullo
References
- “cirola” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cirola” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cirola” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “ciruela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos