cheirume
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Galician
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Attested since 1810. From cheiro (“smell”) + -ume.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cheirume m (plural cheirumes)
- reek
- 1810, José Fernandez y Neira, Proezas de Galicia:
- po la beira da quel Rio Miño, que pasa por Ourense, non se via outra cousa mais que cavalos mortos, pedazos de sillas, morrions, è hosos, era tal ò cheirume que abia que che bastaba para matar à xsente.
- by the bank of the Minho river, as it passes by Ourense, all you could see were dead horses, pieces of saddles, morions and bones; such was the reek that it was enough to kill people
- (rare) smell; scent; fragrance
References
[edit]- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cheirume”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cheirume”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “cheirume”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN