vergeu
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Old Occitan vergier, from Vulgar Latin *virdiāriu, from Latin viridiārium, variant of viridārium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /βeɾˈd͡ʒɛw/
Noun
vergeu m
- garden
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 547: Vi oj'eu cantar d'amor (facsimile)
- Vi oi'eu […] / En hũ fremoso virgeu / Hũa fremosa pastor.
- Saw today I […] / in a beautiful garden / a beautiful shepherdess.
- 1525-1526, Cancioneiro da Biblioteca Nacional, King Denis of Portugal, B 547: Vi oj'eu cantar d'amor (facsimile)
- orchard (land for cultivation of fruit or nut trees)
Synonyms
- (garden): orto
Descendants
- Galician: verxel
- Portuguese: vergel
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