fiúncho
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Galician
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese feuncho, from Latin fēnuculum (“fennel”), a diminutive of Latin fēnum (“hay”). Cognate with Portuguese funcho and Spanish hinojo.
Pronunciation
Noun
fiúncho m (plural fiúnchos)
- fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, a plant)
- 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 91:
- depois dalle a comer Cousas caentes asy como trigo, feeo, espelqa ou melga, et dalle a beber agooa caente con vino et con semente de feuncho en booa cuentidade.
- then feed him with warm things as wheat, hay, spelt, and give him warm water with wine and with seeds of fennel in good quantity
- fennel (bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable)
- fennel (spice used in cooking)
- Synonym: anís das castañas
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References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feuncho”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fiuncho”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “fiúncho”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN