algodón

See also: algodon

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈdon/, [al.ɣ̞oˈð̞õŋ]
• Rhymes: -on
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón

Noun

algodón m (plural algodones)

1. cotton (plant)
2. cotton (fiber)

Galician

Alternative forms

• algodom, algodão (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese algodon, from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈdoŋ/ [ɑɫ.ɣ̞oˈð̞oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /alɡoˈdoŋ/ [ɑɫ.ɣ̞oˈð̞oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /alħoˈdoŋ/ [ɑɫ.ħoˈð̞oŋ]

• Rhymes: -oŋ
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón

Noun

algodón m (plural algodóns)

1. cotton
   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas

     Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts […]

2. cloth made of cotton

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “algodon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algodo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “algodón”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “algodón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “algodón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish algodon, from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈdon/ [al.ɣ̞oˈð̞õn]

• Audio (Peru, female voice):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: al‧go‧dón

Noun

algodón m (plural algodones)

1. cotton (plant, textile fiber)
   • 1914, Juan Ramón Jiménez, “Platero” (chapter I), in Platero y yo [Platero and I], Madrid: Ediciones de la Lectura:

     Platero es pequeño, peludo, suave; tan blando por fuera, que se diría todo de algodón, que no lleva huesos. Sólo los espejos de azabache de sus ojos son duros cual dos escarabajos de cristal negro.

     Platero is small, fluffy, soft; so soft on the outside that one would say he is all cotton, that he carries no bones. Only the jet-dark mirrors of his eyes are hard as two scarabs of black crystal.

2. cotton wool

Derived terms

• algodón de azúcar
• algodonal
• algodoncillo
• algodonero
• algodonoso
• árbol del algodón
• bastoncillo de algodón
• el algodón no engaña
• molino de algodón
• prueba del algodón

 

Descendants

• → Bikol Central: algodon
• → Chavacano: algodon
• → Hiligaynon: algodon
• → Tagalog: algodon

Further reading

• “algodón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10