troj

See also: trój and trój-

Spanish

FWOTD – 25 September 2014

Alternative forms

• troja, troje

Etymology

Possibly from Gothic 𐌸𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (þrauhs, “chest, feeding trough”), related to 𐌸𐍂𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌽 (þriskan), from Proto-Germanic *þreskaną (“to thresh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɾox/ [ˈt̪ɾox]
• Rhymes: -ox
• Syllabification: troj

Noun

troj f (plural trojes)

1. garner

   La familia guarda frutos y cereales en la troj. ― The family stores fruit and cereal in the garner.

   • 1790, Alonso De Herrera, Agricultura General, que trata de la labranza del campo, y sus particularidades, volume 2, Don Josef de Urrutia, page 68:

     Guardanse tambien colgadas en trojes de trigo, y soterradas entre la cebada, ò entre paja despolvorada, y limpia.

     They are also kept hanging in wheat granaries, and buried in barley, or in clean and undusted straw.

2. a storeroom specifically used to keep olives separately before being ground

   Se guardaron las aceitunas dentro de las divisiones de la troj. ― The olives were kept within the partitions of the storeroom.

   • 1833, José Mariano Vallejo, Tratado sobre el movimiento y aplicaciones de las aguas, volume 2, D. Miguel de Burgos, page 423:

     […] ; estando en trojes de tabla se disminuye el aceite y se hace peor […]

     […] ; being in plank storerooms, the amount of oil decreases and it becomes worse […]

Derived terms

• atrojar
• entrojar

 

See also

• algorín
• granero
• panera
• pósito

 

References

• Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Further reading

• “troj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10