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English
Etymology
From Spanish morcilla.
Noun
morcilla (plural morcillas)
- A Spanish blood sausage, sometimes with rice and onions as ingredients.
2009 March 17, Florence Fabricant, “Chicken With Morcilla and Peppers”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:As I tasted the reds from Bierzo, I wanted food that was dark, rich and earthy. […] A plate of nicely seared morcilla, or French boudin noir, would be enough alongside these wines.
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Galician
Etymology
Attested since the 18th century. Borrowed from Spanish morcilla, which substituted the inherited morcela.
Pronunciation
Noun
morcilla f (plural morcillas)
- blood sausage, blood pudding
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “morcela”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “morcilla”, 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), “morcilla”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “morcilla”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Spanish
Etymology
Uncertain; perhaps from the same root as morcón (“large blood sausage”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (most of Spain) /moɾˈθiʝa/
- IPA(key): (rural northern Spain) /moɾˈθiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Latin America) /moɾˈsiʝa/
- IPA(key): (most of Latin America) /moɾˈsiʝa/
- IPA(key): (Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines) /moɾˈsiʎa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɾˈsiʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɾˈsiʒa/
- Syllabification: mor‧ci‧lla
Noun
morcilla f (plural morcillas)
- morcilla; Spanish blood sausage, black pudding
Derived terms
Descendants
Adjective
morcilla
- feminine singular of morcillo
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