hórreo
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Como os monges s'acharon outro dia os orrios chẽos de muy bõo triigo: "How the monks found the nest day that the granaries were filled with excellent wheat". 13th century. Cantigas de Santa Maria 
An old hórreo 
A rock hórreo (2) supported by columns on a sill, in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain.
See also: horreo
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese orreo (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin horreum (“storehouse; granary”), from Ancient Greek ὡρεῖον (hōreîon). Cognate with Spanish hórreo and Portuguese hôrreo.
Pronunciation
Noun
hórreo m (plural hórreos)
- a slatted granary placed on top of staddle stones, used for preserving and drying grain; corn crib
- 2011, Robert Skyler, Fragmentos Terra: S. S. H. U. T., Palibrio, page 19:
- Pediu o apoio da artillería e ó mediodía o hórreo estoupou en anacos.
- He asked for artillery support and at noon the raised granary was blasted to bits.
See also
hórreo on the Galician Wikipedia.Wikipedia gl
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “orreo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- “horreo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “hórreo”, 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), “hórreo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “hórreo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Alternative forms
- orrio (dialectal, regional)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish orrio, from Latin horreum, from Ancient Greek ὡρεῖον (hōreîon). The standard form in modern Spanish, with /e/ rather than /j/, appears to be the result of a latinizing modification.[1] Compare Asturian horriu, horru and Catalan orri.
Pronunciation
Noun
hórreo m (plural hórreos)
- granary (storehouse)
- (specifically) an isolated, rectangular, wooden or rock building supported by columns, characteristic of the northwest of the Iberian peninsula and typically used to store grain or other agricultural produce
Derived terms
See also
References
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1984) “horréo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 398
Further reading
- “hórreo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28