polaina

Galician

Galician traditional polainas.

Etymology

From French poulaine (“footwear”), from Old French poulanne (“hide from Poland”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [poˈlajnɐ]

Noun

polaina f (plural polainas)

1. gaiter, spat
   • 1820, Manuel Pardo de Andrade, Os servís e os liberás:

     Palurdos que vos vestides,
     Como eu, de sayo de lá,
     Polainas, zocos, monteira,
     E un bo baloco na man

     Rustics that wear,
     as myself, with a woolen robe,
     gaiters, clogs, cap
     and a good staff in hand

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “polaina”, 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), “polaina”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “polaina”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

polainas (2)

From French poulaine (“footwear”), from Old French poulanne (“hide from Poland”).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlaj.nɐ/ [poˈlaɪ̯.nɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlaj.nɐ/ [poˈlaɪ̯.nɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /poˈlaj.na/ [poˈlaɪ̯.na]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /puˈlaj.nɐ/

• (Northern Brazil) IPA^(key): /pɔˈlaj.na/
• Rhymes: -ajnɐ

Noun

polaina f (plural polainas)

1. spat (covering worn over a shoe)
2. gaiter

   Synonym: perneira

3. leg warmer
4. compression sleeve for the leg or lower leg

   Synonyms: polaina de compressão, pernito, canelito

Derived terms

• polainito

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French poulaine (“footwear”), from Old French poulanne (“hide from Poland”).

Noun

polaina f (plural polainas)

1. gaiter, spat

Further reading

• “polaina”, 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