English Explanatory Dictionary

celemin

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

celemin celemins celemines

Etymology

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

Synonyms

almud
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