borraxe

Galician

Borraxe or soaxe

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese *borragẽ, from Medieval Latin borāgīnem (“borage”). Cognate with Portuguese borragem and Spanish borraja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈraʃe̝/

Noun

borraxe f (plural borraxes)

1. borage (Borago officinalis)

   Synonym: soaxe

Derived terms

• Borraxeira
• Borraxeiros

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “borrage”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “borraxe”, 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), “borraxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “borraxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN