hórreo
See also: horreo
Galician
FWOTD – 1 February 2014
Alternative forms
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Como os monges s'acharon outro dia os orrios chẽos de muy bõo triigo: "How the monks found the nest day that the granaries were filled with excellent wheat". 13th century. Cantigas de Santa Maria
- hórneo, horrio, horro
Etymology
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese orreo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin horreum (“storehouse; granary”), from Ancient Greek ὡρεῖον (hōreîon). Cognate with Spanish hórreo and Portuguese hôrreo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈo.re.ʊ]
Noun
hórreo m (plural hórreos)
- a slatted granary placed on top of staddle stones, used for preserving and drying grain; corn crib
- 2011, Robert Skyler, Fragmentos Terra: S. S. H. U. T., Palibrio, page 19
- Pediu o apoio da artillería e ó mediodía o hórreo estoupou en anacos.
- He asked for artillery support and at noon the raised granary was blasted to bits.
- Pediu o apoio da artillería e ó mediodía o hórreo estoupou en anacos.
- Synonyms: cabaceira, cabaz, cabazo, caustra, piorno
- 2011, Robert Skyler, Fragmentos Terra: S. S. H. U. T., Palibrio, page 19
See also
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An old hórreo
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References
- “orreo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “horreo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “hórreo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “hórreo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “hórreo” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish
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A rock hórreo (2) supported by columns on a sill, in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
Alternative forms
- orrio (dialectal, regional)
Etymology
From Old Spanish orrio, from Latin horreum, from Ancient Greek ὡρεῖον (hōreîon). The standard form in modern Spanish, with /e/ rather than /j/, appears to be the result of a latinizing modification.[1] Compare Asturian horriu, horru and Catalan orri.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoreo/ [ˈo.re.o]
- Rhymes: -oreo
- Syllabification: hó‧rre‧o
Noun
hórreo m (plural hórreos)
- granary (storehouse)
- an isolated, rectangular, wooden or rock building supported by columns, characteristic of the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and typically used to store grain or other agricultural produce
Derived terms
- hórreo gallego
See also
- granero
- pósito
- silo
- troj
References
- Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “horréo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, page 398
Further reading
- “hórreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014