freixo

Galician

Alternative forms

  • afreixo, freisno

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin fraxinus; from Proto-Indo-European *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of *bʰerHǵos (birch). Cognate with Portuguese freixo and Spanish fresno.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾejʃo̝/

Noun

freixo m (plural freixos)

  1. ash (tree)
    • 1279, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 37:
      pelos casares do Outeyro e pela fonte do Lubus ome e pelo freixeo que stá acima da viña que foy de Pay Arias
      by the houses of Outeiro and by the fountain of the werewolf and by the ash tree that is over the vineyard that belonged to Pay Arias

Derived terms

  • freixal
  • Freixal
  • Freixedo
  • freixedo
  • freixeiro
  • Freixeiro
  • Freixido
  • Freixo
  • Freixoal
  • Freixoeiro
  • Freixoso

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese freixo, freyxo, from Latin fraxinus, from *bʰr̥Hǵ-s-inos, adjective of Proto-Indo-European *bʰerHǵos (birch).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ʃu/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ʃu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈfɾe(j).ʃo/ [ˈfɾe(ɪ̯).ʃo]
 

  • Hyphenation: frei‧xo

Noun

freixo m (plural freixos)

  1. ash (tree)

Derived terms

  • freixal
  • freixial