carozo

Galician

Alternative forms

• caroço (Reintegrationist)

Etymology

Probably from Vulgar Latin *carudium, from Ancient Greek καρύδιον (karúdion), from κάρυον (káruon, “nut”); alternatively, from a substrate language: compare carolo and carocha.^[1] Cognate with Portuguese caroço.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɾoθo̝/, (western) /kaˈɾoso̝/

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. inedible or hard inner nucleus of a fruit, such as an apple or a pear
2. corncob

Derived terms

• a lume de carozo
• Caroceiros
• Carozo

References

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “caroç”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “carozo”, 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), “carozo”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “carozo”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

1. Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “carozo”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /kaˈɾoθo/ [kaˈɾo.θo]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /kaˈɾoso/ [kaˈɾo.so]
• Rhymes: -oθo
• Rhymes: -oso
• Syllabification: ca‧ro‧zo

Noun

carozo m (plural carozos)

1. corncob
2. stone; kernel (of fruit)

Further reading

• “carozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10