codeso

Galician

Alternative forms

• codexo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese codesso, probably from Vulgar Latin *cutissus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Or else from a substrate language. Cognate with Portuguese codesso, Spanish codeso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈðeso̝/

Noun

codeso m (plural codesos)

1. Adenocarpus complicatus

   Synonym: piorno

   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:

     Para matar a fistolla filla o rratano que he o sirgo da rraposa que see nos codesos, saão, et viño, et ponno en hũa olla Noua et leixao tanto cozer sobre llo fogo que se faça del caruõos, et destes caruões faras poo que deitaras na fistolla, et matalla as.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

• codesal
• Codesal
• Codesás
• Codeseda
• Codesedo
• Codeseira
• codeseira
• codeseiro
• codesido
• Codesido
• Codeso
• Codesoso

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “codeso”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “codeso”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “codeso”, 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), “codeso”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “codeso”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *cutisus, from Latin cytisus, from Ancient Greek κύτισος (kútisos). Doublet of cítiso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /koˈdeso/ [koˈð̞e.so]
• Rhymes: -eso
• Syllabification: co‧de‧so

Noun

codeso m (plural codesos)

1. laburnum

Further reading

• “codeso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025