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Galician
Etymology
From Old French escoler,[1] from Latin scholaris, with the semantic evolution: "having knowledge" > "practitioner" > "having supernatural powers".
Pronunciation
Noun
escoler m (plural escoleres)
- (folklore) wizard, sorcerer
- Synonyms: feiticeiro, mago
1846, anonymous author, Carta de Cristobo a seu tío don Alifonso de Santiago:os demos tamén berraban chamando por escoleres e por meigas de máis fama qu'os arrigasen da Cruña e os lovasen para Francia- also the demons were shouting, calling for more famous sorcerers and witches who could uproot them from a Coruña and take them to France
- (folklore) supernatural being who causes storms and controls the weather
- Synonym: nubeiro
Derived terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “escoler”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “escoler”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “escoler”, 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), “escoler”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “aire escoler”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin scholaris, from Latin schola.
Noun
escoler oblique singular, m (oblique plural escolers, nominative singular escolers, nominative plural escoler)
- school pupil
Declension
Descendants