pulmón

pulmón

See also: pulmon

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin pulmō, pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.

Noun

pulmón m (plural pulmones)

1. lung

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Galician

Alternative forms

• pelmón, polmón

Etymology

Attested circa 1300 as polmon. From Latin pulmō, pulmōnem (“lung”), possibly borrowed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pulˈmoŋ]

Noun

pulmón m (plural pulmóns)

1. lung
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 357:

     Et fereu o caualo da esporas et foy ferir a Meles d'Orep de hũa tã grã ferida en meo do uẽtre que logo lle fezo seýr as tripas et os polmões per sóbrelo arçõ da sela

     And he hit the spurs on the horse and went to hit Meles of Orep such a large wound in the middle of the belly that at the moment he make the guts and lungs to get out over the saddle bow

   Synonym: livián

2. (figurative) endurance, resistance, stamina

   Synonyms: azo, folgo

Derived terms

• pulmoeira
• pulmonía

References

• “polmon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “polm” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “pulmón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “pulmón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “pulmón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish pulmon, a borrowing[1] from Latin pulmōnem, pulmō (“lung”), from Proto-Indo-European *pléwmō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pulˈmon/ [pulˈmõn]

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• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: pul‧món

Noun

pulmón m (plural pulmones)

1. lung

Derived terms

• a pleno pulmón
• llorar a pulmón abierto
• pulmón de acero
• pulmón en libro

 

Related terms

• pulmonar
• pulmonía

References

1. Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1985), “pulmòn”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volume IV (Me–Re), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 688

Further reading

• “pulmón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Anagrams

• plumón