piorno

Galician

piornos

piornos

Etymology

Obscure. Perhaps from Latin vīburnum under the influence of pinus (“pine tree”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈoɾno̝/

Noun

piorno m (plural piornos)

1. name applied to a number of broom species, most notably those distributed in mountainous, colder, or dryer areas, among them:
   1. Adenocarpus complicatus

      Synonym: codeso

   2. white broom (Cytisus multiflorus)

      Synonym: xesta branca

2. kind of hórreo

Related terms

• piornal
• Piornal
• Piornedo
• Piornos

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “piorn”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “piorno”, 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), “piorno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “piorno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpjoɾno/ [ˈpjoɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -oɾno
• Syllabification: pior‧no

Noun

piorno m (plural piornos)

1. broom (the plant, not the sweepy thing)

Further reading

• “piorno”, 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