moente

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin molens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [moˈɛntɪ], [moˈentɪ]

Adjective

moente m or f (plural moentes)

  1. grinding, milling
    • 1358, E. Duro Peña, editor, El Monasterio de San Esteban de Ribas de Sil, Ourense: Instituto Padre Feijóo, page 314:
      por tal condiçón que mantenades corente e moente o dito moyno
      under such condition: that you must maintain this mill [in] running and milling [condition]

Noun

moente m (plural moentes)

  1. grinding face of a millstone

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