bordón

Galician

Saint James as a pilgrim. Museum of Pontevedra.

Alternative forms

• bordom, bordão (reintegrationist)

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese bordon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); probably from Old French bourdon (“mullet, staff”), probably from Late Latin burdō (“mule”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈðoŋ/

Noun

bordón m (plural bordóns)

1. cane, staff used by pilgrims

Etymology 2

From Old French bordon (“bumblebee; musical instrument”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boɾˈðoŋ/

Noun

bordón m (plural bordóns)

1. (music) in a musical instrument, its thickest string, which produces the lowest tones

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bordon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bordon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bordón”, 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), “bordón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Noun

bordón m (plural bordones)

1. staff, cane (stick used for support)
   • 2016 October 14, “Manuel: el anciano de 81 años que murió defendiendo a su vecina de pandilleros que la violaban”, in elsalvador.com‎^[1]:

     A don Manuel lo recuerdan en la comunidad 15 de Marzo, Soyapango, como un anciano de figura delgada, de andar encorvado, pero aún sin bordón.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “bordón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28