algodon

Borrowed from Spanish algodón.

• IPA^(key): /ʔalɡoˈdon/, [ʔal̪.ɡoˈd̪on̪]
• Hyphenation: al‧go‧don

algodón (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜄᜓᜇᜓᜈ᜔)

1. cotton

   Synonym: gapas

From Spanish algodón.

algodón

1. cotton

Borrowed from Spanish algodón.

algodón

1. cotton

Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic قُطْن‎ (quṭn).

• IPA^(key): /alɡoˈdon/

algodon m (plural algodones)

1. cotton
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 17r.

     Et los fiſicos daquella tierra queman este algodon ¬ fazen lo poluos ¬ meten los en los oios por q́ tuelle la lagrema ¬ toda la humidat que a en ellos.

     And physicians from that land burn this cotton and turn it into a dust they use on the eyes, because it removes tears and all the moisture from them.

• Spanish: algodón
  • → Hiligaynon: algodon
  • → Tagalog: algodon

Borrowed from Spanish algodón, from Andalusian Arabic القطن‎ (al-qúṭun, “(the) cotton”), from Arabic قُطُن‎ (quṭun).

• Hyphenation: al‧go‧don
• IPA^(key): /ʔalɡoˈdon/, [ʔɐl.ɡoˈdon]

algodón

1. cotton

   Synonym: bulak

2. a kind of fish (similar to a milkfish)

• “algodon”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2023