froita

Galician

Froita

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese fruita (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Late Latin fructa, from Latin fructus. Cognate with Portuguese fruta and Spanish fruta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɾojta̝/

Noun

froita f (plural froitas)

  1. a piece of fruit
  2. (uncountable) fruit
    • 1270, M. Romaní Martinez (ed.), La colección diplomática de Santa María de Oseira (1025-1310):
      dar cada ano I quarteiro de froyta seca, meas castanas et meas nozes
      to give each year a quarter of dry fruit [nuts], half of chestnuts and half of walnuts
    • 1292, M. Lucas Alvarez & P. P. Lucas Dominguez (eds.), San Pedro de Ramirás. Un monasterio femenino en la Edad Media. Colección diplomática. Santiago: Publicacións de Caixa Galicia, page 439:
      da froita de Ledime [...] dian dela quarta parte salvo prepigos e cereijas
      of the fruit of Ledime [...] they should give a fourth, except peaches and cherries

Derived terms

References

  • froyta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • fruita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • froyta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • froita” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • froita” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • froita” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
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