pichel

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese pichel (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Old French pichier (“small jug”), from Late Latin pīcārium, alteration of bīcārium, itself possibly from bacarium, bacar or from Ancient Greek βῖκος (bîkos). More at beaker.

• IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃɛl/

pichel m (plural picheis)

1. jug
   • 1396, M. Mar Graña Cid (ed.), Las órdenes mendicantes en el obispado de Mondoñedo. El convento de san Martín de Villaoriente (1374-1500). Separata de Estudios Mindoniense, page 224:

     que leuen alo viinte soldos et dous pichees de vinno.

     they shall take there twenty solidi and two jugs of wine

2. tankard or mug, usually made of tin, silver or pewter, with a hinged lid
   • 1511, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia, page 215:

     E cada e quando que fore desta nosa casa un religioso, que le días mesa e mantens e pichel e sal e lugar para duas bestas ena dita casa.

     And each and every time a religious man happens to be in that house, you should give to him a place in the table, with blankets, a tankard, salt, and a place for two horses at the aforementioned house

• Pichel
• picheleiro

• “pichel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “piche” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
• “pichel” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
• “pichel” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

pichel

1. First-person singular present of picheln.
2. Imperative singular of picheln.

• IPA^(key): /piˈt͡ʃel/

pichel m (plural picheles)

1. (Spain) stein, small liquid container wider at the bottom than the top, closed by a hinged lid
2. (Mexico) water jug
3. (El Salvador, Costa Rica) pitcher

• (water jug): pichinga (El Salvador)

• “pichel” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.