tallador

Galician

Tallador ("trencher")

Alternative forms

• talhador (reintegrationist)

Etymology

13th century. From tallar (“to cut”) +‎ -dor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taʎaˈðoɾ/

Noun

tallador m (plural talladores)

1. (historical) trencher; a wooden plate, kind of cutting board, once used for eating meat
   • 1375, Antonio López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 380:

     et hua caldeyra et huum caldeyroon et huas greelas et huum speto de ferro et huum acetere et hua arameña et huas Gramalleyras et das outras perfeas de casa todos los bacios et escudelas et talladores et salseyros de fuste que ouuer na casa et hua mesa

     and a cauldron, and a bucket, and a grill, and a skewer of iron, and a jug, and a pot of cooper, and a trammel; and of the rest of domestic ware, every bucket, and bowl, and trencher, and saucer of wood that are in the house, and a table

   • 1439, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 418:

     Iten, das cunqas e talladores e poças e barcaas e de outras quaes quer vaselas de madeira, que page o vendedor de cada tres mrs un diñeiro

     Item, of the bowls, and trenchers, and large bowls, and trays, and any other wooden vessel, the seller should pay a denary per three mrs.

2. (historical) any plate
   • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 576:

     el rrey et os omes onrrados comjã en escudelas et en talladores d'ouro fino

     the king and the noblemen were eating in trays and plates of fine gold

3. round table

Related terms

• entallar
• entallador
• tallar
• tallo

Adjective

tallador (feminine talladora, masculine plural talladores, feminine plural talladoras)

1. (archaic) cutting, sharp
   • 1370, R. Lorenzo, editor, Crónica troiana, A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 328:

     a lança moy aguda et moy tallador que tragía

     the very acute and sharp spear that he brought

References

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

Spanish

Etymology

tallar +‎ -dor

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /taʝaˈdoɾ/ [t̪a.ʝaˈð̞oɾ]

• IPA^(key): (most of Spain and Latin America) /taʝaˈdoɾ/ [t̪a.ʝaˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Philippines) /taʎaˈdoɾ/ [t̪a.ʎaˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /taʃaˈdoɾ/ [t̪a.ʃaˈð̞oɾ]
• IPA^(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /taʒaˈdoɾ/ [t̪a.ʒaˈð̞oɾ]

• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ta‧lla‧dor

Noun

tallador m (plural talladores, feminine talladora, feminine plural talladoras)

1. carver
2. engraver
3. (Latin America) croupier (person who collects bets and pays out winnings at a gambling table)

   Synonym: crupier

Related terms

• talla
• tallar

 

Further reading

• “tallador”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014