tornasol

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔɾnaˈsol/ [t̪ɔɾ.naˈs̺oɫ], /tɔɾnaˈsɔl/ [t̪ɔɾ.naˈs̺ɔɫ]
• Rhymes: -ol, -ɔl
• Hyphenation: tor‧na‧sol

Etymology 1

Unknown.

Noun

tornasol m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) litmus
2. iridescence

   Synonym: catasol m

Etymology 2

From tornar (“to turn”) +‎ sol (“sun”).

Noun

tornasol m (plural tornasois)

1. sunflower

   Synonyms: xirasol m, mirasol m

Further reading

• “tornasol”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

Portuguese

Noun

tornasol m (plural tornasóis)

1. Obsolete spelling of tornassol.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /toɾnaˈsol/ [t̪oɾ.naˈsol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: tor‧na‧sol

Etymology 1

Related to sense 2. Calque of English turnsole.

Noun

tornasol m (uncountable)

1. (chemistry) litmus
2. iridescence

Derived terms

• papel de tornasol m
• tornasolado
• tornasolar (verb)

 

Etymology 2

Verb-object compound, composed of torna (“to turn (originally)”) +‎ sol (“sun”).

Noun

tornasol m (plural tornasoles)

1. sunflower

   Synonym: girasol

Further reading

• “tornasol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014