arzón

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese arçon, from Latin *arciō (“saddlebow”), from arcus. Cogante with Portuguese arção and Spanish arzón.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aɾˈθoŋ/, (western) /aɾˈsoŋ/

Noun

arzón m (plural arzóns)

1. saddle bow; pommel
   • c1295, R. Lorenzo (ed.), La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 665:

     Et tragiam ante si duzentos caualos armados, os escudos aos arçoes

     And they brought with them two hundred armed horses, the shields [hanging] from the saddlebows

2. spine, backbone of pigs or cattle

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “arçoes”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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• “arzón” 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 Latin *arcio (“saddlebow”) < (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin arcus. Compare Italian arcione, Portuguese arção.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /aɾˈθon/ [aɾˈθõn]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America) /aɾˈson/ [aɾˈsõn]

Noun

arzón m (plural arzones)

1. saddle bow