fromâjo

See also: fromajo

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

freûmadze, fromadze (Beaujolais) frouma̱zhou, froumô̱zhou (Bressan) froumô̱zou, froumô̱zhe (Bressan) frouma̱you, froumo͟uzhou (Bressan) frouma̱zhe (Bressan) fromajo (Old Dauphinois) fromageo (Dauphinois) fromajo (Old Forézien) fre, fremâdzo (Fribourgeois) fromajo (Old Lyonnais) frómadzó (Valaisan) fromadzo (Valdôtain)

Etymology

Inherited from Early Medieval Latin fōrmāticum.

Noun

fromâjo m (plural fromâjos) (ORB large)

1. cheese

References

• fromage in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• fromâjo in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1217: “salare il formaggio” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 613B: “fromage” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “formaticum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 717