brancellao

brancellao

Galician

Etymology

From an older *baroncellano ("from the territory of Baroncelle"), from Medieval Latin Baroncelli, an ancient county or territory corresponding to the high valley of the river Támega in Galicia. Baroncelli itself is the genitive singular of the local medieval personal name Baroncellus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɾanθeˈʎao̯/

Noun

brancellao m (plural brancellaos)

1. an autochthonous Galician variety of sweet grape

   Brancellao e Caíño, os pais do viño

   Brancellao and Caíño [grapes are] the wine's parents

   (proverb)

2. monovarietal wine produced with that grape

Related terms

• Baroncelle

References

• “baroncel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “brancellao” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “brancellao” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “brancellao” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.