azucre

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azucre m (plural azucres)

1. sugar

• azruque, zruque, zucre
• açucre (reintegrationist)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese açúcar, borrowed from Andalusian Arabic السُكَّر (as-sukkar), from Arabic سُكَّر (sukkar), borrowed from Middle Persian 𐭱𐭪𐭥 (šakar), borrowed from Gandhari 𐨭𐨐𐨪 (śakara), from Sanskrit शर्करा (śárkarā), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *śárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ćárkaraH, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorkeh₂ (“gravel”).

• Rhymes: -ukɾe
• Hyphenation: a‧zu‧cre

azucre m (plural azucres)

1. sugar

   Unha muller déralles manteiga con azucre ― A woman had given them butter with sugar.

   • 1857, Antonio de la Iglesia, Panxoliña:

     Poñed'unha ola chea de viño e mel tras do lar,
     ou con azucre e manteiga para un grolo impois botar

     Place a pot full with wine and honey by the hearth,
     or with sugar and butter, for later having a gulp

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “azucre”, 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), “azucre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azucre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

• “azucre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025