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Italian
Etymology
From Milanese Lombard borlanda.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /borˈlan.da/
- Rhymes: -anda
- Hyphenation: bor‧làn‧da
Noun
borlanda f (plural borlande)
- waste liquor (from the distillation of fermented alcoholic must)
- Synonyms: broscia, vinaccia
1898 May 15, “Notizie scientifiche e pratiche [Scientific and practical news]”, in Società degli agricoltori italiani - Bollettino quindicinale [Italian agricultural society - Fortnightly bulletin], Alimentazione del bestiame [Animal feeding], page 229:Altre indagini hanno dimostrato esservi in detta borlanda da 0.27 a 0.46 per cento di zucchero non fermentato, ossia da grammi 270 a 460 di zucchero per quintale.- Further analysis have proven 0.27-to-0.46 percent of unfermented sugar to be in said waste liquor; that is, 270-to-460 grams of sugar per quintal.
Further reading
- borlanda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Lombard
Etymology
Likely related to borlà (“to fall down”).
Noun
borlanda f (Milanese)
- waste liquor (from the distillation of fermented alcoholic must)
References
- Angiolini, Francesco (1897) “borlânda”, in Vocabolario milanese-italiano coi segni per la pronuncia (in Italian), page 126