tourón
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Galician[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Perhaps from touro, because of its fierceness. Cognate with Portuguese toirão and Spanish turón.[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
tourón m (plural touróns)
- ferret; polecat (Mustela putorius, a mustelid of Eurasia)
- Synonym: furón
References[edit]
- “touron” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “tourón” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “tourón” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
- ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “turón”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos