ancián

See also: ancian

Galician

Alternative forms

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

Etymology

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], (western) [anˈsjaŋ]

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 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: ILG
• 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
• “ancián” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ancián” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ancián” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.