folello

== Galician == === Etymology === 15th century. From Vulgar Latin *folliclus, contracted form of Latin folliculus, diminutive form of follis (“purse, sack”). Compare the borrowed doublet folículo. Cognate with Spanish hollejo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /foˈleʎo̝/ === Noun === folello m (plural folellos) (dated) skin or membrane in between organs corn husk Synonyms: casula, follato, pena === References === Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “folello”, 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), “folello”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “folello”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN