celemin

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noun

A traditional Spanish unit of dry measure, equivalent to about 4.6 liters.

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almud
OriginSpanish celemín ← Arabic ثُمُنِ →
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Meanings

nouncelemin (plural celemins or celemines)

plural celemins · plural celemines

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

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almud

Origin

  1. Arabicثُمُنِ“of one-eighth”
  2. Spanishcelemín
  3. Englishcelemin

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

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APA

celemin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celemin

MLA

“celemin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celemin. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “celemin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/celemin.

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