ancián

See also: ancian

Galician

Alternative forms
  • auçião (archaic)
  • anciao (central, eastern)
  • anciam (reintegrationist)
  • ancião (reintegrationist)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ancião (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *antianus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [anˈθjaŋ], (western) [anˈsjaŋ]

Noun

ancián m (plural anciáns, feminine anciá, feminine plural anciás)

  1. ancient (person who is very old)
    Synonym: vedraño

Adjective

ancián (feminine anciá, masculine plural anciáns, feminine plural anciás)

  1. ancient (very old)
    Synonyms: antigo, vello

References
  • “ançião” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ançia” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “auçiã” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “ancián” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ancián” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ancián” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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