carozo

• caroço (Reintegrationist)

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.

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

carozo m (plural carozos)

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

• a lume de carozo
• Caroceiros
• Carozo

• 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 (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

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

carozo m (plural carozos)

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

• “carozo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28