trigal

Galician

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [tɾiˈɣal]

Noun

trigal m (plural trigais)

1. wheatfield
2. greenfinch

Related terms

• trigo

Adjective

trigal m or f (plural trigais)

1. wheaty

Derived terms

• herba trigal (“Yorkshire fog”)

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trigal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “trigal”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “trigal”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (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), “trigal”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Further reading

• “trigal”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2024

Portuguese

Etymology

From trigo (“wheat”) +‎ -al (“field of”).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡaw/ [tɾiˈɡaʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /tɾiˈɡal/ [tɾiˈɣaɫ]

• (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

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

• “trigal”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28