almotolia
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Arabic المُطْلِيَة (al-muṭliya). First attested in the 14th century.[1]
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -iɐ
- Hyphenation: al‧mo‧to‧li‧a
Noun
editalmotolia f (plural almotolias)
- (dated) oilcan
- (dated) vessel for any oily liquid
- Synonym: azeiteira
- 1829 [14th c.], chapter 46, in Fortunato de São Boaventura, editor, Collecção de ineditos portuguezes dos seculos XIV e XV[1], volume 2, Coimbra: Imprensa, Dos vasos e candieiros d'ouro, que Deus mandou fazer, page 126:
- Este candieiro tijnha set cabeças iguaes, en que poinham set candieiros, ou luzernas, e aviam hij set almetolias d'ouro, de que lançavam o azeit enos candieiros […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
References
editFurther reading
edit- “almotolia”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
- “almotolia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
- “almotolia”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
- “almotolia”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
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