tourón
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /towˈɾoŋ/
Noun
tourón m (plural touróns)
- ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)
- Synonym: furón
References
- “touron” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tourón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tourón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “turón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos
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