tizón

== Galician == === Alternative forms === tiçom, tição (reintegrationist) === Etymology === From Old Galician-Portuguese tiçon (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). Cognate with Portuguese tição and Spanish tizón. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tiˈθoŋ], (western) [tiˈsoŋ] === Noun === tizón m (plural tizóns) a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “tiçon”, 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), “tizón”, 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), “tizón”, 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), “tizón”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “tizón”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN “tizón”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin tītiō (“firebrand”). Doublet of tizo. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tiˈθon/ [t̪iˈθõn] (Equatorial Guinea, Spain) IPA(key): /tiˈson/ [t̪iˈsõn] (Latin America, Philippines) Rhymes: -on Syllabification: ti‧zón === Noun === tizón m (plural tizones) a stick which is burning or smoldering; brand ergot, especially that which affects wheat, barley and oats Synonym: cornezuelo potato blight ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “tizón”, 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