folón

See also: fölön

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fullō (“fuller”). Cognate with French foulon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /foˈloŋ/

Noun

folón m (plural folóns)

1. fulling mill

   Synonym: batán

Derived terms

• foloeiro

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “folón”, 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), “folón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega