armiño

See also: armino

Galician

Armiño ("stoat")

Etymology

Already attested in local Latin documents in the 12th century; in Galician since the 13th century. Either from Proto-Germanic *harmô (cf. Old High German harmo), or from Latin mūs armenius ("Armenian mouse").

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiɲo̝/

Noun

armiño m (plural armiños)

1. stoat, ermine
2. the fur of this animal

Adjective

armiño (feminine armiña, masculine plural armiños, feminine plural armiñas)

1. made of ermine fur
   • 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 417:

     Et era forrado en pẽna armjña

     And it was lined in ermine fur

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “armjñ”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “armin”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “armiño”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈmiɲo/ [aɾˈmi.ɲo]

Noun

armiño m (plural armiños)

1. ermine
2. (heraldry) ermine

External links

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