cotón
See also: coton
Galician
Etymology
Ultimately from Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of algodón.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [koˈtoŋ]
Noun
cotón m (plural cotóns)
- (uncountable) fur, fluff, fuzz
- (uncountable) lint
- rags used for cleaning one's hands
- (uncountable) dust bunny
References
- “coton” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “cotón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cotón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cotón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from French coton, from Italian cotone, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koˈton/ [koˈt̪õn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: co‧tón
Noun
cotón m (plural cotones)
- Printed cotton fabric
- (Mexico) Shirt, blouse
Descendants
- → Copala Triqui: cotoó
- → Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec: kotóo
- → Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl: coton
Further reading
- “cotón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014