morcilla

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English

Etymology

From Spanish morcilla.

Noun

morcilla (plural morcillas)

  1. 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.

Translations

See also

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 18th century. Borrowed from Spanish morcilla, which substituted the inherited morcela.

Pronunciation

Noun

morcilla f (plural morcillas)

  1. 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
  • “morcilla” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “morcilla” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “morcilla” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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): (most of Latin America) /moɾˈsiʝa/
  • IPA(key): (Andes Mountains) /moɾˈsiʎa/
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /moɾˈsiʃa/
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /moɾˈsiʒa/

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  • Syllabification: mor‧ci‧lla

Noun

morcilla f (plural morcillas)

  1. morcilla; Spanish blood sausage, black pudding

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: morcilla
  • → Galician: morcilla
  • → Hopi: monsiila
  • → Portuguese: morcilha

Adjective

morcilla

  1. feminine singular of morcillo

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