marmelo

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimelum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛlo̝/

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (fruit)

Related terms

• marmelada
• marmeleiro

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018), “marmelleyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “marmelo”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “marmelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “marmelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese marmelo, from Latin melimēlum (“sweet apple”), from Ancient Greek μελίμηλον (melímēlon), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) +‎ μῆλον (mêlon, “apple”). Compare Fala marmelu, Galician marmelo and Spanish membrillo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/ [maɦˈmɛ.lu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/ [maɦˈmɛ.lu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /maɾˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /maʁˈmɛ.lu/
  • (Porto Alegre) IPA^(key): /maɻˈmɛ.lo/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /mɐɾˈmɛ.lu/

• Audio (Brazil (Caipira)):

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• Hyphenation: mar‧me‧lo

Noun

marmelo m (plural marmelos)

1. quince (tree or fruit)
2. (Portugal, colloquial, offensive) bloke, person (unnamed individual)

   Synonym: marmanjo

3. (Portugal, humorous, colloquial, chiefly in the plural) boob (breast)

Derived terms

• marmelada
• marmeleiro
• Marmelópolis

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: Marmell
• → Japanese: マルメロ (marumero)
  • → Korean: 마르멜로 (mareumello)

Further reading

• Marmeleiro on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^pt