trigal

Galician

Etymology

Attested since the 11th century.[1] From trigo +‎ -al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [tɾiˈɣal]

Noun

trigal m (plural trigais)

  1. wheatfield
  2. greenfinch

Adjective

trigal m or f (plural trigais)

  1. wheaty

Derived terms
  • herba trigal (“Yorkshire fog”)

References
  • “trigal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “trigal” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “trigal” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “trigal” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  1. "trigal" in Gallaeciae Monumenta Historica.

Further reading

Portuguese

Etymology

From trigo (“wheat”) +‎ -al (“field of”).[1][2]

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡaw/ [tɾiˈɡaʊ̯]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [tɾiˈɣaɫ]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡa.li/ [tɾiˈɣa.li]

  • Rhymes: (Portugal) -al, (Brazil) -aw
  • Hyphenation: tri‧gal

Noun

trigal m (plural trigais)

  1. wheatfield
    Synonym: seara

References
  1. “trigal” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
  2. “trigal” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

From trigo (“wheat”) +‎ -al.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [t̪ɾiˈɣ̞al]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: tri‧gal

Noun

trigal m (plural trigales)

  1. wheatfield
    • 1922, Federico García Lorca, Primeras Canciones, Cuatro Baladas Amarillas, I:
      Como una sombra de oro / en el trigal te disuelves.
      Like a shadow of gold / in the wheatfield you dissolve.

Further reading
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