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

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

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

• Hyphenation: mar‧me‧lo

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (tree or fruit)

• marmeleiro
• marmelada

• Hunsrik: Marmell

• Marmeleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt