gardarroupa

gardarroupa

Galician

Etymology

1326. From gardar (“to keep”) + roupa (“clothes”). Cognate with Portuguese guarda-roupa, French garde-robe, English wardrobe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡaɾðaˈrowpa̝/

Noun

gardarroupa m (plural gardarroupas)

1. wardrobe (room used for keeping clothes)
   • 1326, Antonio López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 300:

     o pano grande ancho que se enna archa da guarda roupa

     the large and broad cloth that is inside the chest in the wardrobe

   Synonym: vestiario

2. wardrobe (furniture)

   Synonyms: armario, roupeiro

3. clothing

   Synonym: vestiario

4. cotton lavender (Santolina chamaecyparissus; an aromatic plant used as an insect repellent)

   Synonyms: abrótano femia, herba da loba

Related terms

• gardar
• roupa

References

• “guarda roupa” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “gardarroupa” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “gardarroupa” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.