pedrisco
Old Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈdɾisko/
Noun
pedrisco m (plural pedriscos)
- hail, hailstorm
- c. 1200, Almerich, Fazienda de Ultramar, f. 14v:
- I ẏo fare cras plouer pedriſco mui grãt. e nõ fue tal en egipto. des q̃ fue poblada troa agora. e tu aplega todo lo tuẏo q̃ es en el cãpo. ⁊ los q̃ nõ ſe acogierẽ alas caſas morrã del pedriſco.
- “[…] And tomorrow I will make it rain a great hailstorm such that Egypt has never seen since it was settled until now. And you, bring inside all that you have in the field. And those who do not take shelter in their homes will die from the hail.”
Related terms
- pedriscar
Descendants
- Spanish: pedrisco
Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish pedrisco, from piedra (“stone”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /peˈdɾisko/ [peˈð̞ɾis.ko]
- Rhymes: -isko
- Syllabification: pe‧dris‧co
Further reading
- “pedrisco”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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