trincheira

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese trincheira (13th century), from Old French trenchier (“to cut”), from Celtic.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /menˈdɾeʎo̝/

Noun

trincheira m (plural trincheiras)

  1. trench
  2. (archaic) temple
    • 1409, José Luis Pensado Tomé (ed.), Tratado de Albeitaria. Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 85:
      sangraras o Cauallo en anbas llas uẽeas das trincheiras et tiralle do sange asaz
    Synonyms: chincheira, sen, tempa

References
  • “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “trinche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “trincheira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “trincheira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. tranzar.

Portuguese

Noun

trincheira f (plural trincheiras)

  1. trench (long, narrow ditch)
  2. (military) trench (narrow excavation used in warfare)
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