caruncho
Appearance
Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Semi-learned borrowing from Latin carbunculus.[1] Doublet of carbúnculo and carbunco.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caruncho m (plural carunchos)
- ergot, especially that which affects wheat, barley, oats and maize
- stain or decay caused by dampness in a fabric
- Synonym: piolla
- woodworm
- Synonym: couza
- (pathology) skin rash
- (pathology) carbuncle
- Synonym: carbunco
- (pathology) anthrax
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “caruncho”, 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), “caruncho”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “caruncho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “caroncho”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
Portuguese
[edit]Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: ca‧run‧cho
Etymology 1
[edit]Unknown. Maybe from Latin carbunculus. If so, it is a doublet of carbúnculo.
Alternative theories include derivation from Latin cariēs or caruncula. Possibly entered Portuguese via Spanish caroncho.
Noun
[edit]caruncho m (plural carunchos)
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]caruncho
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