berberecho

Galician

Berberechos, croques or carneiros

Alternative forms

• berbecho, birbericho, berbicho

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps from a substrate language; otherwise from berbecho (“cockle; goatee”), from a local Vulgar Latin *berbēcclus < *berbēciclus, a diminutive of Latin berbēx ("ram", compare Galician carneiro (“warty venus ((); cockle”, literally “ram”))). In any case, related to Portuguese berbigão.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾβeˈɾet͡ʃo̝/

Noun

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle ()

   Synonyms: carneiro, croque

References

• “berberecho” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
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• “berberecho” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
• “berbeche” 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 (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek βέρβερι (bérberi, “pearl oyster”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾbeˈɾet͡ʃo/ [beɾ.β̞eˈɾe.t͡ʃo]

Noun

berberecho m (plural berberechos)

1. cockle