moente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin molens.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moˈɛntɪ], [moˈentɪ]

Adjective

moente m or f (plural moentes)

1. grinding, milling
   • 1358, E. Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto Padre Feijóo, page 314:

     por tal condiçón que mantenades corente e moente o dito moyno

     under such condition: that you must maintain this mill [in] running and milling [condition]

Noun

moente m (plural moentes)

1. grinding face of a millstone

Related terms

• moer
• muíño

References

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