pólvora

Galician

Etymology

15th century. From Spanish pólvora, from Old Catalan pólvora, from Latin pulvis, pulveris.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpɔlβo̝ɾa̝/

Noun

pólvora m (plural pólvoras)

  1. gunpowder, powder
    • 1457, F. R. Tato Plaza (ed.), Libro de notas de Álvaro Pérez, notario da Terra de Rianxo e Postmarcos. Santiago: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 171:
      Torre de Rriãjo. O que rreçebeu Gonçaluo Mariño de Fernando de Catoyra cõ a casa e fortalesa de Rriãjo. Primeyramẽte: Húa cadea de ferro cõ seu cãdado e çinco farroupeas e dúas esposas. Hũas coyraças. Tres huchas. Tres ballestas: J de aseyro, IJ de pao. Quatro baçinetes. Hũu trono cõ seu serujdor e hũu fole de póluora. Dos carcaixes de biratõos. Hũu torno de armar ballesta.
      Tower of Rianxo. What Gonçalvo Mariño received from Fernando of Catoira, together with the tower-house and fortress at Rianxo. First: an iron chain with its padlock and five fetters and two handcuffs. Some cuirasses. Three chests. Three crossbows: one of steel, two of wood. Four bascinets. A bombard with its server and a skin of powder. Two quivers of bolts. A winch for charging crossbows.

References
  • “póluora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “póluora” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “pólvora” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “pólvora” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “pólvora” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. Coromines, Joan; Pascual, José A. (1991–1997). Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico. Madrid: Gredos, s.v. polvo.

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish pólvora, from Old Catalan pólvora, from Latin pulvis, pulveris.

Pronunciation
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈpɔɫ.vu.ɾɐ/
  • Hyphenation: pól‧vo‧ra

Noun

pólvora f (plural pólvoras)

  1. gunpowder, powder

Spanish

Etymology

Most likely borrowed from Old Catalan pólvora (only first attested in Spanish around 1350[1]), from older pólvera, from Vulgar Latin *pŭlvĕra[2], from Latin pulvis, pulveris. Compare also Old Occitan polvera, poldra, porba, French poudre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpolboɾa/, [ˈpolβoɾa]

Noun

pólvora f (plural pólvoras)

  1. gunpowder

References
  1. https://www.scribd.com/document/158436269/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-MI-RI-Corominas-Joan-pdf
  2. http://www.diccionari.cat/lexicx.jsp?GECART=0106918
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