freguesía

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 13th century (feegresia, fiigresia), from fregués (“parishioner”) +‎ -ía.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /fɾɛɡeˈsia/ [fɾɛ.ɣ̞eˈs̺i.ɐ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /fɾɛɡeˈsia/ [fɾɛ.ɣ̞eˈs̺i.ɐ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /fɾɛħeˈsia/ [fɾɛ.ħeˈs̺i.ɐ]

• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: fre‧gue‧si‧a

Noun

freguesía f (plural freguesías)

1. parish

   Synonym: parroquia

Related terms

• fregués

 

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “freigresja”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “fiigresia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “freguesia”, 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), “freguesía”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Galician freguesía

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾeɡeˈsia/ [fɾe.ɣ̞eˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: fre‧gue‧sí‧a

Noun

freguesía f (plural freguesías)

1. parish (in Galicia)