palafrén

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese palafré, palafrén (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old Occitan palafré, from Old French palefrei, from Late Latin paraverēdus (post horse, spare horse), from Gaulish *werēdos (horse) (compare Welsh gorwydd (horse)), from Proto-Celtic *uɸorēdos (horse). Doublet of verea (road).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [palaˈfɾɛŋ]

Noun

palafrén m (plural palafréns)

  1. palfrey

Derived terms

  • palafreneiro

References

  • palafren” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • palaf” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • palafrén” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • palafrén” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Spanish

Etymology

From Catalan palafrè.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palaˈfɾen/ [pa.laˈfɾẽn]
  • Rhymes: -en
  • Syllabification: pa‧la‧frén

Noun

palafrén m (plural palafrenes)

  1. palfrey

Derived terms

Further reading

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