figueira
See also: Figueira
Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fīcāria.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ejɾa
- Hyphenation: fi‧guei‧ra
Noun
figueira f (plural figueiras)
- fig tree
- 1277, M. Lucas Álvarez, P. Lucas Domínguez, editors, El monasterio de San Clodio do Ribeiro en la Edad Media: estudio y documentos, Sada / A Coruña: Edicións do Castro, page 381:
- duas figueyras que estan en esse figueyredo
- two fig trees that are in that fig tree orchard
Derived terms
- Figaredo
- Figueira
- figueira chumba
- figueira do demo
- figueira tola
- figueiral
- Figueiras
- Figueiredo
- figueiredo
- Figueirido
- Figueiró
- Figueiro
- Figueiroá
- Figueiroa
- Figueredo
- Figueroa
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “figueira”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “figueyra”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “figueira”, 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), “figueira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “figueira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese figueira, from Latin fīcāria. By surface analysis, figo + -eira.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ejɾɐ
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe(j).ɾɐ/ [fiˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe(j).ɾa/ [fiˈɡe(ɪ̯).ɾa]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡɐj.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣɐj.ɾɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣej.ɾɐ]
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡej.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣej.ɾɐ]
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /fiˈɡe.ɾɐ/ [fiˈɣe.ɾɐ]
- Homophone: Figueira
- Hyphenation: fi‧guei‧ra
Noun
figueira f (plural figueiras)