pedrisco

Old Spanish

Etymology

From piedra (“stone”) +‎ -isco.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾisko/

Noun

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

1. hail, hailstorm
   • c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:

     I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã del pedriſco.

     “[…] And tomorrow I will make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”

Related terms

• pedriscar

Descendants

• Spanish: pedrisco

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish pedrisco, from piedra (“stone”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peˈdɾisko/ [peˈð̞ɾis.ko]
• Rhymes: -isko
• Syllabification: pe‧dris‧co

Noun

pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)

1. hail (balls of ice)

   Synonym: granizo

Further reading

• “pedrisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28