penuxe

Blend of peluxe (“fluff”) +‎ pena (“feather, pelt”) or reanalysis of pena (“feather”) +‎ -uxe. Compare French peluche, Portuguese penugem.

• IPA^(key): /peˈnuʃe̝/

penuxe f (plural penuxes)

1. down (soft, fluffy immature feathers)

   Synonym: froxel

• peluxe
• pena

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “penuxe”, 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), “penuxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “penuxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN