enxame

== Galician == === Alternative forms === einxame, enxamio === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese eixame (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin exāmen. Cognate with Portuguese enxame, Spanish enjambre, Catalan eixam, Occitan eissam, French essaim and Italian sciame. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /enˈʃame/ [enʲˈʃa.mɪ] Rhymes: -ame Hyphenation: en‧xa‧me === Noun === enxame m (plural enxames) swarm beehive Synonym: colmea ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “eixame”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega “eixame” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016. Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enxame”, 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), “enxame”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enxame”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese eixame, from Latin exāmen. Doublet of exame, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician enxame, Spanish enjambre. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃mi, (Portugal) -ɐmɨ Hyphenation: en‧xa‧me === Noun === enxame m (plural enxames) swarm ==== Derived terms ==== enxamear === Further reading === “enxame”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “enxame”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026