nespereira

From Old Galician-Portuguese [Term?], from local Medieval Latin nesperaria, attested since the 10th century, from Vulgar Latin *nespirum, from mespilum, from Ancient Greek μέσπιλον (méspilon).

• IPA^(key): /nespeˈɾejɾa/ [nes̺.peˈɾej.ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ejɾa
• Hyphenation: nes‧pe‧rei‧ra

nespereira f (plural nespereiras)

1. either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the néspera:
   1. (archaic) the medlar tree
   2. the loquat tree

• Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage.

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “nesper”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nespereira”, 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), “nespereira”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nespereira”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

nêspera + -eira

• Hyphenation: nes‧pe‧rei‧ra

nespereira f (plural nespereiras)

1. either of two trees which produce a fruit known as the nêspera:
   1. (archaic) the medlar tree
   2. the loquat tree

• Although the medlar is the original nespereira, it has been replaced by the loquat in modern usage.