cordeiro

See also: Cordeiro

Galician

Etymology 1

From an older *cordeleiro ("string maker"), from cordel (string) + -eiro, influenced by the open stressed vowel in corda (string).

Alternative forms

  • cordeeiro, cordieiro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔɾˈðejɾʊ]

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros)

  1. ropemaker; rope dealer
  2. tool for making ropes

Etymology 2

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeyro (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin expression agnus cordus ("late-born lamb"), from Latin chordus (late-born).[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [koɾˈðejɾʊ]

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros)

  1. lamb
    Synonym: año

See also

References

  1. ^ Rivas Quintas, Eligio (2015). Dicionario etimolóxico da lingua galega. Santiago de Compostela: Tórculo. →ISBN, s.v. cordeiro.
  2. ^ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “cordero”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese cordeiro, from Vulgar Latin *cordārium, from the Latin agnus cordus (late-born lamb).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɦˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /koɾˈde(j).ɾu/ [koɾˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /koʁˈde(j).ɾu/ [koʁˈde(ɪ̯).ɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /koɻˈde(j).ɾo/ [koɻˈde(ɪ̯).ɾo]
 
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈdɐj.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðɐj.ɾu]
    • (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈdej.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðej.ɾu]
    • (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈdej.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðej.ɾu]
    • (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /kuɾˈde.ɾu/ [kuɾˈðe.ɾu]

  • Homophone: Cordeiro
  • Hyphenation: cor‧dei‧ro

Noun

cordeiro m (plural cordeiros, feminine cordeira, feminine plural cordeiras)

  1. lamb (young sheep)
    Synonym: anho