pichel

See also: Pichel

Galician

pichel

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese pichel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French pichier (“small jug”), from Late Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). Compare English pitcher; more at beaker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃɛl/

Noun

pichel m (plural picheis)

1. jug
   • 1396, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindoniense, page 224:

     que leuen alo viinte soldos et dous pichees de vinno.

     they shall take there twenty solidi and two jugs of wine

2. tankard or mug, usually made of tin, silver or pewter, with a hinged lid
   • 1511, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 215:

     E cada e quando que fore desta nosa casa un religioso, que le días mesa e mantens e pichel e sal e lugar para duas bestas ena dita casa.

     And each and every time a religious man happens to be in that house, you should give to him a place in the table, with blankets, a tankard, salt, and a place for two horses at the aforementioned house

Derived terms

• Pichel
• picheleiro

References

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• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “piche”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

pichel

1. (deprecated template usage) First-person singular present of picheln.
2. (deprecated template usage) Imperative singular of picheln.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃel/ [piˈt͡ʃel]

Noun

pichel m (plural picheles)

1. (Spain) stein, small liquid container wider at the bottom than the top, closed by a hinged lid
2. (Mexico) water jug
3. (El Salvador, Costa Rica) pitcher

Synonyms

• (water jug): pichinga (El Salvador)

Further reading

• “pichel”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014