See also: algodon

Asturian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alɡoˈdon/, [al.ɣ̞oˈð̞õŋ]
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón

Noun

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algodón m (plural algodones)

  1. cotton (plant)
  2. cotton (fiber)

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese algodon, from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (standard) /alɡoˈdoŋ/ [ɑɫ.ɣ̞oˈð̞oŋ]
  • IPA(key): (gheada) /alħoˈdoŋ/ [ɑɫ.ħoˈð̞oŋ]

  • Rhymes: -oŋ
  • Hyphenation: al‧go‧dón

Noun

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algodón m (plural algodóns)

  1. cotton
    • 1348, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 306:
      It. mando a mia cama. en que eu jasco. que som quatro almadraques. dos quaes ssom dous de ffroxel et huun dalgodon et outro de borra et con seu cabeçal et con duas colchas
      Item, I bequeath my bed, the one where I lie, which is made of four mattresses, two of them of down, one of cotton, and one of wool, with its pillow and two quilts []
  2. cloth made of cotton

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Spanish

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Spanish algodon, from Andalusian Arabic قطن (quṭun), from Arabic قُطُن (quṭun).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /alɡoˈdon/ [al.ɣ̞oˈð̞õn]
  • Audio (Peru, female voice):(file)
  • Rhymes: -on
  • Syllabification: al‧go‧dón

Noun

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algodón m (plural algodones)

  1. cotton (plant, textile fiber)
    • 1914, Juan Ramón Jiménez, “Platero” (chapter I), in Platero y yo, Madrid: Ediciones de la Lectura:
      Platero es pequeño, peludo, suave; tan blando por fuera, que se diría todo de algodón, que no lleva huesos. Sólo los espejos de azabache de sus ojos son duros cual dos escarabajos de cristal negro.
      Platero is small, fluffy, soft; so soft on the outside that one would say he is all cotton, that he carries no bones. Only the jet-dark mirrors of his eyes are hard as two scarabs of black crystal.
  2. cotton wool

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Bikol Central: algodon
  • Chavacano: algodon
  • Hiligaynon: algodon
  • Tagalog: algodon

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