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celemin

celemin noun: a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.

Noun

celemin (plural celemins or celemines)

  1. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
  2. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, vaguely reckoned as the amount of land that could be sown with a celemin of seed.
  3. (historical) A traditional Spanish unit of land area, formalized as equivalent to about 537 m².

Synonyms of celemin

Forms of celemin

pluralcelemins
pluralcelemines

Origin of celemin

From Spanish celemín, from Andalusian Arabic, from Arabic ثُمُنِ (ṯumuni, “of one-eighth”). Doublet of tomin and azumbre.

Questions about celemin

What does celemin mean?
Celemin means a traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.
What part of speech is celemin?
Celemin is a noun.
What is the plural of celemin?
The plural of celemin is celemins.

Words near celemin in the dictionary

  1. celebutards
  2. celecoxib
  3. celecoxibs
  4. Celedon
  5. Celedons
  6. celemin
  7. celemines
  8. celemins
  9. celempung
  10. celempungs
  11. Celena

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