tourón
Galician
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPerhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittourón m (plural touróns)
- ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)
- Synonym: furón
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “touron”, 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), “tourón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tourón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “turón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos