canónigo
See also: Canonigo
Spanish
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Late Latin canonicus (“canon”), from Ancient Greek κανονικός (kanonikós). Cognate with Portuguese cónego, Galician cóengo.
The sense of “corn salad” seems to come by ellipsis from (hierba de los) canónigos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaˈnoniɡo/ [kaˈno.ni.ɣ̞o]
- Rhymes: -oniɡo
- Syllabification: ca‧nó‧ni‧go
Noun
canónigo m (plural canónigos)
- canon (ecclesiastic who has a canonry)
- corn salad (any of the small plants in genus Valerianella, used in salads)
- Synonym: hierba de los canónigos
Further reading
- “canónigo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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