celemin

English

Etymology

From Spanish celemín, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.

Noun

celemin (plural celemins or celemines)

1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
3. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².

Synonyms

• almud (Spain)

Coordinate terms

• (unit of dry volume): cuartillo (¹⁄₄ celemin), medio (¹⁄₂ celemin), cuartilla (3 celemins), hemina (5 celemins), cuarto (6 celemins), fanega (12 celemins), saco (24 celemins), carga (48 celemins), cahiz (144 celemins)
• (formal unit of area): cuartillo (¹⁄₄ celemin), aranzada (8+¹⁄₃ celemins), fanega (50 celemins), yugada (600 celemins), caballeria (720 celemins)