cortella

Galician

Etymology

From Latin cohorticula, diminutive of cohors.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koɾˈteʎɐ]

Noun

cortella f (plural cortellas)

  1. small stable or department inside it, specially when destined to sheep or goats
    Synonym: cortello

Derived terms

References

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