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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin cincinnus (“lock of hair”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /θenˈθeno̝/, (western) /senˈseno̝/
Noun
cenceno m (plural cencenos)
- tassel (inflorescence of maize or of the chestnut tree)
- Synonyms: candea, mirfia, pendón
1845, Francisco Añón, Recordos da infancia:E d’os castaños esgazando as pòlas;
Abranguía aromáticos cencenos.- And from the chestnut trees, tearing of the branches,
she picked aromatic tassels.
- (regional) mist, drizzle
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cenceno”, 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), “cenceno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cenceno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN