algodón
See also: algodon
Asturian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
algodón m (plural algodones)
Galician edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese algodon, from Andalusian Arabic القطن (al-qúţun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more. Doublet of cotón.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -oŋ
- Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón
Noun edit
algodón m (plural algodóns)
- cotton
- 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:
- It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas
- Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts […]
- cloth made of cotton
References edit
- “algodon” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “algodo” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “algodón” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “algodón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “algodón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Spanish algodon, from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun), via Andalusian Arabic.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
algodón m (plural algodones)
- cotton (plant)
- cotton (textile fiber)
- cotton wool
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “algodón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014