moente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin molens.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [moˈɛntɪ], [moˈentɪ]

Adjective

moente m or f (plural moentes)

  1. grinding, milling
    • 1358, E. Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto Padre Feijóo, page 314:
      por tal condiçón que mantenades corente e moente o dito moyno
      under such condition: that you must maintain this mill [in] running and milling [condition]

Noun

moente m (plural moentes)

  1. grinding face of a millstone

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