xeno

Unknown. Perhaps ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ (“offspring”), through a local substrate language.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃeno̝/

xeno m (plural xenos)

1. (cooking) secondary sprout of a cabbage, produced after the head is collected

   Synonyms: brotón, xermolo

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

xeno

1. first-person singular present indicative of xenar

• IPA^(key): /ˈksɛ.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛno
• Hyphenation: xè‧no

xeno m (plural xeni)

1. (chemistry) xenon

xenō

1. dative/ablative singular of xenon

Inherited from Latin plēnus. Compare Old Galician-Portuguese chẽo, Old Spanish lleno.

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃe.no(u)/, /ˈçe.no(u)/

xeno

1. (Leon) full
   • 1245, document from Sahagún^[1]

     Payares xenos de paya menuda.

     Haylofts full of chaff.

• Leonese: chenu, chen
• Mirandese: cheno