vergel

vergel

Old Portuguese

Noun

vergel m

1. Alternative form of vergeu

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese vergel, vergeu, borrowed from Old Occitan vergier, from Vulgar Latin *virdiāriu, from Latin viridiārium, variant of viridārium. Cognate with Galician verxel, Spanish vergel, Catalan verger, Occitan vergièr, French verger, and Italian verziere.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈʒɛw/ [veɦˈʒɛʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /veʁˈʒɛw/ [veɦˈʒɛʊ̯]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /veɾˈʒɛw/ [veɾˈʒɛʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /veʁˈʒɛw/ [veʁˈʒɛʊ̯]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /veɻˈʒɛw/ [veɻˈʒɛʊ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɨɾˈʒɛl/ [vɨɾˈʒɛɫ]

• Hyphenation: ver‧gel

Noun

vergel m (plural vergéis)

1. orchard

Related terms

• verde

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan vergier, from Vulgar Latin *virdiāriu, from Latin viridiārium, variant of viridārium. Cognate with Portuguese vergel, Galician verxel, Catalan verger, Occitan vergièr, French verger, and Italian verziere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾˈxel/ [beɾˈxel]
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: ver‧gel

Noun

vergel m (plural vergeles)

1. orchard

Related terms

• verde

Further reading

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