garza

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Asturian

Noun

garza f (plural garces)

  1. heron (bird)

Galician

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese garça (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from a substrate language, probably Hispano-Celtic *cárcia; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Spanish garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Portuguese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

Noun

garza f (plural garzas)

  1. heron
    Synonym: ghanza

References

  • “garça” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “garça” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “garza” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “garza” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “garza” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “garza”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡar.d͡za/
  • Rhymes: -ardza
  • Hyphenation: gàr‧za

Etymology 1

Probably a semi-learned borrowing from French gaze, from Arabic غَزَّة (ḡazza, “Gaza”), a city associated with silk production.

Noun

garza f (plural garze)

  1. gauze (fabric)
  2. (medicine) gauze (fabric used as surgical dressing)
    Synonym: garza idrofila

Further reading

  • garza1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish garza.

Noun

garza f (plural garze)

  1. name of several species of heron:
    1. Synonym of airone bianco maggiore
    2. Synonym of airone cenerino
    3. Synonym of airone rosso
Derived terms

Further reading

  • garza2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

garza

  1. inflection of garzare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Spanish

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Etymology

From Hispano-Celtic *cárcia; akin to Welsh crychydd, Breton kerc'heiz.

Cognate with Galician garza, Mirandese garça, Asturian garza, Portuguese garça and (possibly) Catalan garsa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Spain) /ˈɡaɾθa/
  • IPA(key): (Latin America) /ˈɡaɾsa/
  • (Castilian)
    Audio:(file)
  • (Spain) Rhymes: -aɾθa
  • (Latin America) Rhymes: -aɾsa
  • Syllabification: gar‧za

Noun

garza f (plural garzas)

  1. heron

Derived terms

Adjective

garza f

  1. feminine singular of garzo

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