borlanda

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Milanese Lombard borlanda.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /borˈlan.da/
  • Rhymes: -anda
  • Hyphenation: bor‧làn‧da

Noun

borlanda f (plural borlande)

  1. waste liquor (from the distillation of fermented alcoholic must)
    Synonyms: broscia, vinaccia
    • 1898 May 15, “Notizie scientifiche e pratiche [Scientific and practical news]”, in Società degli agricoltori italiani - Bollettino quindicinale [Italian agricultural society - Fortnightly bulletin]‎[1], Alimentazione del bestiame [Animal feeding], page 229:
      Altre indagini hanno dimostrato esservi in detta borlanda da 0.27 a 0.46 per cento di zucchero non fermentato, ossia da grammi 270 a 460 di zucchero per quintale.
      Further analysis have proven 0.27-to-0.46 percent of unfermented sugar to be in said waste liquor; that is, 270-to-460 grams of sugar per quintal.

Further reading

  • borlanda in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Lombard

Etymology

Likely related to borlà (“to fall down”).

Noun

borlanda f (Milanese)

  1. waste liquor (from the distillation of fermented alcoholic must)

References

  • Angiolini, Francesco (1897) “borlânda”, in Vocabolario milanese-italiano coi segni per la pronuncia‎[2] (in Italian), page 126
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