botafumeiro

Galician

Botafumeiro

Botafumeiro, Santiago de Compostela

Etymology

From botar (“to throw”) +‎ fume (“smoke”) +‎ -eiro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /botafuˈmejɾo̝/

Noun

botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)

1. thurible, censer

   Synonyms: incensario, turíbulo

See also

botafumeiro on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^gl

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “botafumeiro”, 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), “botafumeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “botafumeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician botafumeiro.

Noun

botafumeiro m (plural botafumeiros)

1. the thurible in Santiago de Compostela cathedral

Further reading

• “botafumeiro”, 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