fiollo

Galician

Alternative forms

• fiúncho, fiuncho, fionllo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *fẽollo, from Latin fēnuculum (“fennel”), a diminutive of Latin fēnum (“hay”). Cognate of Portuguese funcho, which together with Galician fiúncho stem from an unattested Vulgar Latin form *fenunclu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈoʎo̝/

Noun

fiollo m (plural fiollos)

1. fennel (Foeniculum vulgare, a plant)
2. fennel (bulb, leaves, or stalks eaten as a vegetable)
3. fennel (spice used in cooking)
   • 1861, Antonio Fernández Morales, Ensaios poéticos en dialecto berciano, page 211:

     aquelas a estes dan neste día muitas castañas, mamucas ricas, con fiollo, nébeda e sal cocidas

     they give to them, in this day, a lot of chestnuts, tasty chestnuts, boiled with fennel, catnip and salt

Related terms

• feo

References

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