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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese podredũe (15th century), from Medieval Latin putretudine: synchronically podre (“rotten”) + -dume. Cognate with Portuguese podridão and Spanish podredumbre.
Pronunciation
Noun
podredume f (plural podredumes)
- putrefaction; rottenness
- Synonyms: podremia, podrén
References
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “podreduen”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “podredume”, 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), “podredume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega