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Galician
Etymology 1
From Old Galician-Portuguese ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus (“fool, wild ass, donkey”), from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) and ferus (“wild”). Cognate with Portuguese zebro.
Modern toponyms as Cebreiro are attested as Cebrario, Zebrario, Ecebrario and Ezebrario in local High Middle Ages Latin documents.
Pronunciation
Noun
cebro m (plural cebros)
- (archaic) an extinct wild horse or ass
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Latin acerbus, probably influenced by the previous etymology.
Pronunciation
Noun
cebro m (uncountable)
- characteristic taste and smell of game and wild animals
- Synonym: bravún
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ezebro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “zebr”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Nores, Carlos, Morales Muñiz, Arturo, Llorente Rodríguez, Laura, Bennett, E. Andrew, Geigl, Eva-María (2015 June) “The Iberian zebro: what kind of a beast was it?”, in Anthropozoologica, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, retrieved 20 February 2018, pages 21–32