calixen

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cālīgō, cālīginis (“fog”). Compare Portuguese caligem, Italian caligine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈliʃe̝ŋ/

• Hyphenation: ca‧li‧xen

Noun

calixen f (plural calixens)

1. fog

   Synonyms: néboa, brétema

2. darkness

   Synonyms: escuridade, cálego, sóma, mourén

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “calixen”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega