carbúnculo

See also: carbunculo

Galician

Alternative forms

• cabrunco, carbunco

Etymology

Attested since 1370 century. Learned borrowing from Latin carbunculus. Doublet of caruncho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbuŋkulo/ [kɑɾˈβ̞uŋ.ku.lʊ]
• Rhymes: -uŋkulo
• Hyphenation: car‧bún‧cu‧lo

Noun

carbúnculo m (plural carbúnculos)

1. carbuncle, garnet
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 436:

     Et os nomes delas son estes: carbũcolo, sardis, cafil, amatista, berilo, topás, grisólitos, esmeralda, brasmo, rrobj́, calçedonja, cristal

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. (pathology) carbuncle

   Synonyms: furuncho, nacida

3. (pathology) anthrax

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “carbuncolo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “carb”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carbunco”, 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), “carbúnculo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carbúnculo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈbũ.ku.lu/ [kaɦˈbũ.ku.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈbũ.ku.lu/ [kaɦˈbũ.ku.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbũ.ku.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /kaʁˈbũ.ku.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kaɻˈbũ.ku.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kɐɾˈbũ.ku.lu/ [kɐɾˈβũ.ku.lu]

• Hyphenation: car‧bún‧cu‧lo

Noun

carbúnculo m (plural carbúnculos)

1. carbuncle (large abscess)
2. (pathology) carbuncle (disease)

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin carbunculus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaɾˈbunkulo/ [kaɾˈβ̞ũŋ.ku.lo]
• Rhymes: -unkulo
• Syllabification: car‧bún‧cu‧lo

Noun

carbúnculo m (plural carbúnculos)

1. carbuncle

Further reading

• “carbúnculo”, 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