esparto
See also: Esparto
English edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish esparto, via Latin spartum from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)təʊ
Noun edit
esparto (uncountable)
- Either of two species of perennial grasses used for fibre production, and for making paper:
- Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
- Synonyms: halfa, esparto grass, halfah grass, needlegrass
- Lygeum spartum, of the Mediterranean.
- Synonyms: albardine, esparto grass, cord grass
- Stipa tenacissima, of North Africa.
Translations edit
species of North African grass
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Further reading edit
- esparto on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Stipa tenacissima on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Etymology edit
From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
esparto m (plural espartos)
- esparto (grass)
- 1433, Ángel Rodríguez González & José Armas Castro, editors, Minutario notarial de Pontevedra (1433-1435), Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, →ISBN, page 53:
- […] hũu estrenque d'esparto novo et hũu estrenque vello d'esparto, et con seu treu que son tres monetas et hũu papafigo et con todos los outros seus aparellos […]
- […] a new rope of esparto, and an old rope also of esparto, with its set of sails, composed of three minor sails and a mainsail, with all the additional rigging […]
- scourer
References edit
- “esparto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “espart” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “esparto” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “esparto” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “esparto” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin spartum (“esparto, Spanish broom”), from Ancient Greek σπάρτον (spárton, “rope, cable”).
Noun edit
esparto m (plural espartos)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: esparto
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
esparto
Further reading edit
- “esparto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014