froxel

Galician

Alternative forms

• frouxel

Etymology

Unknown: from Old Galician-Portuguese froxel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), perhaps from Catalan fluixel, ultimately from Latin fluxus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɾoˈʃɛl/

Noun

froxel m (plural froxeis)

1. (dated) lint; down

   Synonym: penuxe

   • c. 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F, page 613:

     hũu cabeçal de frouxel

     a down pillow

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “froxel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• “froxel” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “froxel”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega