armiño
See also: armino
Galician
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Armiño ("stoat")
Etymology
Already attested in local Latin documents in the 12th century; in Galician since the 13th century. Either from Proto-Germanic *harmô (cf. Old High German harmo), or from Latin mūs armenius ("Armenian mouse").[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈmiɲo̝/
Noun
armiño m (plural armiños)
- stoat, ermine
- the fur of this animal
Adjective
armiño m (feminine singular armiña, masculine plural armiños, feminine plural armiñas)
- made of ermine fur
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
- Et era forrado en pẽna armjña
- And it was lined in ermine fur
- Et era forrado en pẽna armjña
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:
References
- “arminho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “armjñ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “armin” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “armiño” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “armiño” 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), “armiño”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aɾˈmiɲo/ [aɾˈmi.ɲo]
Audio (Spain) (file) - Rhymes: -iɲo
- Syllabification: ar‧mi‧ño
Noun
armiño m (plural armiños)
- ermine
- (heraldry) ermine
Further reading
- “armiño”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014