cirola

Galician

Etymology

Probably a late borrowing from Leonese; from Late Latin cēreŏla, an abbreviation of pruna cēreola ("wax-colored plums"), from the feminine of Latin cereolus; see cera.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /θiˈɾɔla̝/

Noun

cirola f (plural cirolas)

  1. plum (fruit)
    Synonyms: abruño, ameixa
  2. damson; a certain kind of plum
    Synonym: fatón

References

  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “ciruela”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos