carrizo

carrizo

See also: Carrizo

Galician

Carrizos

Carrizo

Carrizo

Etymology

13th century. From Old Galician and Old Portuguese, from Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin cārex. Cognate with Portuguese carriço, Spanish carrizo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈriθo̝/, (western) /kaˈriso̝/

Noun

carrizo m (plural carrizos)

1. common reed (Phragmites australis)
2. Eurasian wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
3. European hornet (Vespa crabro)
4. wild hop (Humulus lupulus)

Related terms

• Carraceda
• Carracedo
• Carracedos
• Carracido
• Carragal
• Carragoso
• Carregal
• Carregosa
• carrizal
• Carrizo

References

• “carriço” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “carrizo” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “carrizo” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “carrizo” 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 Vulgar Latin *cariceus, from Latin carex.

Noun

carrizo m (plural carrizos)

1. reed

   Synonyms: caña, junco

2. (Colombia, Venezuela, Panama) drinking straw
3. (euphemistic) penis

Derived terms

• flauta de carrizo

 

Related terms

• carrizal

Further reading

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