follaxe

Galician

Alternative forms

• folhagem (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Old Galician-Portuguese follajee (first attested in 1493). By surface analysis, folla (“leaf”) +‎ -axe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [foˈʎaʃɪ]

Noun

follaxe f (plural follaxes)

1. foliage (the leaves of plants)

Further reading

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “follaxe”, 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), “follaxe”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “follaxe”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN