marmelo

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛlo̝/

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (fruit)

• marmelada
• marmeleiro

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marmelleyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marmelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marmelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marmelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Fala marmelu, Galician marmelo and Spanish membrillo.

• Hyphenation: mar‧me‧lo

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (tree or fruit)
2. (Portugal, humorous, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob (breast)

• → Hunsrik: Marmell
• → Japanese: マルメロ (marumero)
  • → Korean: 마르멜로 (mareumello)

• Marmeleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt