cuño

Galician

Alternative forms

• cruño

Etymology

Attested since the 15th century. From Latin cuneus. Cognate with Portuguese cunho and Spanish cuño.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɲo/ [ˈku.ɲʊ]
• Rhymes: -uɲo
• IPA^(key): [ˈkuɲʊ]

Noun

cuño m (plural cuños)

1. seal (stamp used to impress)

   Synonym: selo

2. seal (impression)
   • 1419, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 200:

     quatro florĩis d'ouro do cuño d'Aragon

     four gold florins of the seal of Aragon

   Synonym: selo

3. Alternative form of cuña

Derived terms

• cuñar

 

References

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuɲo/ [ˈku.ɲo]
• Rhymes: -uɲo
• Syllabification: cu‧ño

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin cuneus, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ḱū (“sting”). Compare Sicilian cugnu.

Noun

cuño m (plural cuños)

1. (technical) stamp, die-stamp
2. (figuratively) stamp, mark

Derived terms

• acuñar
• cuña
• de nuevo cuño

 

Etymology 2

Verb

cuño

1. first-person singular present indicative of cuñar

Further reading

• “cuño”, 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