gengibre

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

• gengivre, gingivre, gingibre (15th c.)

Etymology

Either from Old Spanish gengibre or directly from the latter's source- Old Occitan gengibre. First attested in the 13th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒenˈd͡ʒibɾe/

Noun

gengibre m (plural gengibres)

1. ginger

Descendants

• Galician: xenxibre, xenxebre, sinxebra; gengibre
• Portuguese: gengibre

References

• Da Cunha, Antônio Geraldo (2012) “gengibre”, in Dicionário etimológico da língua portuguesa, Rio de Janeiro: Lexicon

Old Spanish

Alternative forms

• gengivre

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan gengibre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒenˈʒibɾe/

Noun

gengibre m (plural gengibres)

1. ginger

Descendants

• Spanish: jengibre
  • → Basque: jengibre
• → Old Galician-Portuguese: gengibre, gengivre, gingivre, gingibre
  • Galician: xenxibre, xenxebre, sinxebra; gengibre
  • Portuguese: gengibre
• → Old Leonese: [Term?]
  • Asturian: xenxibre

References

• Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1984) “jengibre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes III (G–Ma), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 506

Portuguese

gengibre

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese gengibre. Compare Galician xenxibre.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈʒi.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈʒi.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈʒi.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʒẽˈʒi.bɾɨ/ [ʒẽˈʒi.βɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: gen‧gi‧bre

Noun

gengibre m (plural gengibres)

1. ginger