cebro

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese ezebro, from Vulgar Latin *eciferus (“fool, wild ass, donkey”), from Latin equiferus (“wild horse”), from equus (“horse”) and ferus (“wild”). Cognate with Portuguese zebro.

Modern toponyms as Cebreiro are attested as Cebrario, Zebrario, Ecebrario and Ezebrario in local High Middle Ages Latin documents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeβɾo̝/

Noun

cebro m (plural cebros)

1. (archaic) an extinct wild horse or ass

Derived terms

• Cebral
• Cebreiro

Etymology 2

From Latin acerbus, probably influenced by the previous etymology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθeβɾo̝/

Noun

cebro m (uncountable)

1. characteristic taste and smell of game and wild animals

   Synonym: bravún

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ezebro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “zebr”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cebro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Nores, Carlos; Morales Muñiz, Arturo; Llorente Rodríguez, Laura; Bennett, E. Andrew; Geigl, Eva-María (June 2015), “The Iberian zebro: what kind of a beast was it?”, in Anthropozoologica, volume 50, number 1, →DOI, retrieved 20 February 2018, pages 21–32