algodón

See also: algodon

Asturian

Noun

algodón m (plural algodones)

1. cotton (plant)
2. cotton (fiber)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese algodon, from Andalusian Arabic القطن (al-qúţun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɣoˈðoŋ/

Noun

algodón m (plural algodóns)

1. cotton
   • 1348, A. López Ferreiro (ed.), Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:

     It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas

     Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts [...]

2. cloth made of cotton

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “algodo”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “algodón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

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Spanish

Etymology

From Andalusian Arabic القطن (al-qúţun), variants of Arabic قُطْن (quṭn); see cotton for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈdon/ [al.ɣ̞oˈð̞õn]
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón

Noun

algodón m (plural algodones)

1. cotton (plant)
2. cotton (textile fiber)
3. cotton wool

Derived terms

• algodonal
• algodonero
• algodonoso
• el algodón no engaña
• prueba del algodón

 

Descendants

• → Hiligaynon: algodon
• → Tagalog: algodon

Further reading

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