cenceno

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cincinnus (“lock of hair”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /θenˈθeno̝/, (western) /senˈseno̝/

Noun

cenceno m (plural cencenos)

1. tassel (inflorescence of maize or of the chestnut tree)

   Synonyms: candea, mirfia, pendón

   • 1845, Francisco Añón, Recordos da infancia:

     E d’os castaños esgazando as pòlas;
     Abranguía aromáticos cencenos.

     And from the chestnut trees, tearing of the branches,
     she picked aromatic tassels.

2. (regional) mist, drizzle

Related terms

• cencena
• cencenar

References

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