ambroesa

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. At face value, Ambroa +‎ -esa, "from Ambroa"; or else from the same Germanic origin that French framboise.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ambɾoˈesa̝/, /ambɾuˈesa̝/

Noun

ambroesa m (plural ambroesas)

1. a superior quality variety of cherries and cherry trees
   • 1497, Maia, Clarinda de Azevedo (ed.) (1986): História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 124:

     I rent to you every walnut tree and cherry tree, with the exception of the ambroesas variety
     todas las nugueras τ çerderas vos aforo a ſaluo as anbroeſas

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   Synonym: cereixa ambroesa

Related terms

• Ambroa
• ambruíño

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “anbroe”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ambroesa”, 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), “ambroesa”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ambroesa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cereixa ambroesa”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN