garfo

== Galician == === Alternative forms === garfe, garfio === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -aɾfo Hyphenation: gar‧fo === Noun === garfo m (plural garfos) fork (eating utensil) hook Synonym: gancho gig, fishgig; pronged harpoon Synonym: francada twig Synonym: ganzo twig of a bunch of grapes Synonym: cangallo (horticulture) cutting, slip; shoot 1404, Clarinda de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 94: hangnail ==== Derived terms ==== garfela garfelo === References === “garfo”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 “garfo”, in Dicionário Estraviz de galego (in Galician), 2014–2026 Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “garfio”, 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), “garfo”, 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), “garfo”, 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, editor (2006–2013), “garfio”, 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), “garfo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “garfo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Portuguese == === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese garfio (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin graphium (“pen, stylus”), from Ancient Greek γράφω (gráphō); influenced by garfa (“claw”), from Andalusian Arabic جَارْفَا (“handful”), from Arabic غُرْفَة (ḡurfa, “cup or dipper”). === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: gar‧fo === Noun === garfo m (plural garfos) fork (eating utensil) pitchfork (farm tool) Synonyms: forcado, forquilha ==== Derived terms ==== garfada ==== Descendants ==== → Brunei Malay: garpu → Konkani: गार्फ (gārph) → Malay: garpuIndonesian: garpu === References === === Further reading === “garfo”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “garfo”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026