marmelo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛlo̝/

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (fruit)

Related terms

• marmelada
• marmeleiro

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “marmelleyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marmelo”, 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), “marmelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marmelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

marmelo

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Galician marmelo and Spanish membrillo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/ [maɦˈmɛ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/ [maɦˈmɛ.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /maɻˈmɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmɛ.lu/

• Hyphenation: mar‧me‧lo

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (tree or fruit)
2. (Portugal, humorous, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob (breast)

Derived terms

• marmeleiro
• marmelada

Descendants

• Hunsrik: Marmell

Further reading

• Marmeleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt