ancián

See also: ancian

Galician

Alternative forms

• auçião (archaic)
• anciao (central, eastern)
• anciam (reintegrationist)
• ancião (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese ancião (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), probably borrowed from Old French ancien, from Vulgar Latin *antianus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /anˈθjaŋ/ [an̪ˈθjɑŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /anˈθjaŋ/ [an̪ˈθjɑŋ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /anˈsjaŋ/ [anˈsjɑŋ]

• Rhymes: -aŋ
• Hyphenation: an‧cían

Noun

ancián m (plural anciáns, feminine anciá, feminine plural anciás)

1. ancient (person who is very old)

   Synonym: vedraño

Adjective

ancián (feminine anciá, masculine plural anciáns, feminine plural anciás)

1. ancient (very old)

   Synonyms: antigo, vello

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “ançião”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “ançia”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “auçiã”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ancián”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega (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), “ancián”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ancián”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN