cenceno
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Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cincinnus (“lock of hair”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cenceno m (plural cencenos)
- tassel (inflorescence of maize or of the chestnut tree)
- 1845, Francisco Añón, Recordos da infancia:
- E d’os castaños esgazando as pòlas;
Abranguía aromáticos cencenos.- And from the chestnut trees, tearing of the branches,
she picked aromatic tassels.
- And from the chestnut trees, tearing of the branches,
- (regional) mist, drizzle
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “cenceno” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cenceno” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “cenceno” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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