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Asturian
Noun
cadril m (plural cadriles)
- (anatomy) thigh (upper leg)
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese quadril (13th century, used by Alfonso X), from Latin quadra (“square”) + -il. Cognate with Portuguese quadril and Asturian cadril.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈdɾil/
- Rhymes: -il
- Hyphenation: ca‧dril
Noun
cadril m (plural cadrís) (anatomy)
- (usually in the plural) hip
- Synonym: anca
- (usually in the plural) loin
- Synonym: lombo
- pork shoulder
- Synonym: lacón
Derived terms
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “quadril”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cadril”, 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), “cadril”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cadril”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French quadrille.
Noun
cadril n (plural cadriluri)
- quadrille (dance)
Declension