alcouce

Galician

Etymology

From a metathesis of Arabic اَلسُّوق‎ (as-sūq, “the market, the souq”).[1] Doublet of azougue.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /alˈkowθe̝/

Noun

alcouce m (plural alcouces)

  1. small sheltered square in a hamlet or village
  2. brothel

References
  • “alcouce” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  1. Corriente, Federico (2008), “alcouce”, in Dictionary of Arabic and Allied Loanwords. Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, Galician and Kindred Dialects (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 97), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN
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