trebello
Galician
Etymology
Unknown. Cognate with Portuguese trebelho and Spanish trebejo.
Pronunciation
Noun
trebello m (plural trebellos)
- trap for catching wild animals
- toy
- (familiar) device; tool; gadget
- game, jest, joke; diversion
- (archaic) chess piece
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:
- Et diz o conto que os trebellos et o caualo erã d'ouro et de prata, laurados muy noblement et per grã soteleza
- And the tale says that the chess pieces and the knight were made of gold and silver, crafted in the most noble way and with great subtlety
- Et diz o conto que os trebellos et o caualo erã d'ouro et de prata, laurados muy noblement et per grã soteleza
- 1370, Ramón Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 515:
Derived terms
References
- Template:R:DDGM
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trebel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Template:R:DDLG
- Template:R:TILG
- “trebello” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Old Portuguese
Etymology
Unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
trebello m
Descendants
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