Galician edit

 
Xirín

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Etymology edit

Attested since circa 1750. Probably borrowed from French serin.

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Noun edit

xirín m (plural xiríns)

  1. serin, European serin (Serinus serinus)
    • 1853, Juan Manuel Pintos, A Gaita Gallega:
      un sinfín de paxaros ben cantores
      reiseñores o xílgaro e o sirín
      an endless number of singing birds:
      nightingales, the goldfinch and the serin

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