farelo

== Galician == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Portuguese farelo and Asturian fariellu. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /faˈɾɛlo̝/ === Noun === farelo m (plural farelos) bran (the broken coat of the seed of wheat, rye, or other cereal grain, separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting; the coarse, chaffy part of ground grain) Synonym: relón ==== Derived terms ==== esfarelar farelada fareleiro fareludo === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “farelo”, 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), “farelo”, 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), “farelo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “farelo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Vulgar Latin *farellum, from Latin far (“spelt”). Cognate with Galician farelo and Asturian fariellu. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: fa‧re‧lo === Noun === farelo m (plural farelos) (uncountable) bran (outside layer of a grain) (uncountable) crumbs (tiny pieces of baked food) an individual piece of crumb Synonym: migalha (figuratively) something insignificant Synonym: insignificância ==== Derived terms ==== esfarelar ==== Related terms ==== fareláceo farelada farelagem farelento farelório === Further reading === “farelo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “farelo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026