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Galician
Etymology 1
Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”), through a local substrate language.
Pronunciation
Noun
xeno m (plural xenos)
- (cooking) secondary sprout of a cabbage, produced after the head is collected
- Synonyms: brotón, xermolo
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “xeno”, 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), “xeno”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “xeno”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Etymology 2
Verb
xeno
- first-person singular present indicative of xenar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈksɛ.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛno
- Hyphenation: xè‧no
Noun
xeno m (plural xeni)
- (chemistry) xenon
Latin
Noun
xenō
- dative/ablative singular of xenon
Old Leonese
Etymology
Inherited from Latin plēnus. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese chẽo, Old Spanish lleno.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.no(u)/, /ˈçe.no(u)/
Adjective
xeno
- (Leon) full
- 1245, document from Sahagún[1]
Payares xenos de paya menuda.- Haylofts full of chaff.
Descendants
References
- ^ Staaff, Erik (1907) Étude sur L’Ancien Dialecte Léonais d’après des Chartes du XIIIe Siècle, Heidelberg, page 35