celeiro

• cileiro, zoleiro, zuleiro

12th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese celeiro, from Late Latin cellārium; from Latin cella. Cognate with Portuguese celeiro, Spanish cillero and English cellar.^[1]

• Rhymes: -ejɾo
• Hyphenation: ce‧lei‧ro

celeiro m (plural celeiros)

1. barn

   Synonyms: belairo, palleiro

2. cellar, pantry, storeroom (for food, wine)

   Synonyms: adega, despensa

3. lumber room

   Synonym: rocho

4. granary

   Bacoriño en celeiro non quere compañeiro.

   The piglet at the granary wants no companion.

   (proverb)

   Synonyms: cabaceiro, hórreo, combarro

5. silo, bin or deposit for storing grain

   Synonyms: hucha, tulla

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “celeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “celeiro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “celeyro”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “celeiro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (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), “celeiro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “celeiro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

From Old Galician-Portuguese celeyro, from Late Latin cellārium, from Latin cella.

• Hyphenation: ce‧lei‧ro

celeiro m (plural celeiros)

1. barn
2. granary