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Galician
Etymology
Attested circa 1152 as a nickname ("dictus Galafri"). Probably from Old French, from Latin gula (“gluttony”): cognate with French gouillafre and Catalan golafre.[1]
Pronunciation
Adjective
galafre m or f (plural galafres)
- gluttonous
- Synonym: comellón
Noun
galafre m or f by sense (plural galafres)
- glutton (person who eats excessively)
- Synonym: comellón
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “galafre”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “galafre”, 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), “galafre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- ^ José Luis Pensado, Martín Sarmiento (1999) Onomástico etimológico de la lengua gallega, Fundación Pedro Barrié de la Maza, →ISBN, pages 72-73
Poitevin-Saintongeais
Noun
galafre
- a scar
References
- Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 200.