azumbre

== English == === Noun === azumbre (plural azumbres) An ancient measure of volume of liquids used in Castile, equivalent to 2.016 litres. == Galician == === Etymology === Variant of earlier açubre and açumbre, from Old Spanish, from Andalusian Arabic الثُّمُن (aṯ-ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمُن (ṯumun) and ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one-eighth”). Doublet of celamín. Cognate with Spanish azumbre. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -umbɾe Hyphenation: a‧zum‧bre === Noun === azumbre m (plural azumbres) (historical) azumbre, a unit of liquid measure equivalent to about 2 L [1290] a liquid measure, an eighth of a [Term?] or about 2 L ==== Coordinate terms ==== cántara (8 azumbres) === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “açu_bre”, 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), “azumbre”, 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), “azumbre”, 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), “azumbre”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “azumbre”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “azumbre”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “azumbre”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic الثُّمُن (aṯ-ṯúmn), from Arabic ثُمُن (ṯumun), ثُمْن (ṯumn, “one eighth”). Doublet of tomín and celemín. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈθumbɾe/ [aˈθũm.bɾe] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /aˈsumbɾe/ [aˈsũm.bɾe] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -umbɾe Syllabification: a‧zum‧bre === Noun === azumbre m (plural azumbres) an ancient measure of volume of liquids used in Castile, equivalent to 2.016 litres ==== Coordinate terms ==== cuartillo (1⁄4 azumbre) ==== Descendants ==== → Andalusian Arabic: çǔmri → Asturian: azumbre → Galician: azumbre === Further reading === “azumbre”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025