bordón
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Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese bordon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria); probably from Old French bourdon (“mullet, staff”), probably from Late Latin burdō (“mule”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bordón m (plural bordóns)
Etymology 2
From Old French bordon (“bumblebee; musical instrument”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bordón m (plural bordóns)
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “bordon”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “bordon”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “bordón”, 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), “bordón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Spanish
Noun
bordón m (plural bordones)
- staff, cane (stick used for support)
- 2016 October 14, “Manuel: el anciano de 81 años que murió defendiendo a su vecina de pandilleros que la violaban”, in elsalvador.com:
- A don Manuel lo recuerdan en la comunidad 15 de Marzo, Soyapango, como un anciano de figura delgada, de andar encorvado, pero aún sin bordón.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Further reading
- “bordón”, 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