podredume

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese podredũe (15th century), from Medieval Latin putretudine: synchronically podre (“rotten”) +‎ -dume. Cognate with Portuguese podridão and Spanish podredumbre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poðɾeˈðumɪ]

Noun

podredume f (plural podredumes)

1. putrefaction; rottenness

   Synonyms: podremia, podrén

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “podreduen”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “podredume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “podredume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega