pedra

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpe.ðɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpe.ðɾa]

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pedra f (plural pedres)

1. stone
2. (medicine) stone, calculus

   Synonym: càlcul

3. hailstone

   Synonyms: calamarsa, granís

• • Pedraforca
  • Pedralbes
  • petrificar

• “pedra”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “pedra”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “pedra” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “pedra” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• peira (Mañegu)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Galician and Portuguese pedra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedɾa/
• Rhymes: -edɾa
• Syllabification: pe‧dra

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. (Lagarteiru, Valverdeñu) stone, rock

• Valeš, Miroslav (2021) Diccionariu de A Fala: lagarteiru, mañegu, valverdeñu (web)‎^[1], 2nd edition, Minde, Portugal: CIDLeS, published 2022, →ISBN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Compare Fala and Portuguese pedra.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛdɾa/ [ˈpɛ.ð̞ɾɐ]
• Rhymes: -ɛdɾa
• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock

   Synonyms: roca, rocha

3. hailstone

   Synonym: pedrazo

4. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone

   Synonym: cálculo

5. (dentistry) tartar

   Synonym: sarrio

• “pedra”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025

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

From Portuguese pedra. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pédra.

pedra

1. stone

From Proto-Finnic *pëtra. Cognates include Finnish peura and Veps pedr.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpedrɑ/
• Hyphenation: ped‧ra

pedra (genitive pedran, partitive pedrua)

1. (South Karelian) reindeer

• A. V. Punzhina (1994) “pedra”, in Словарь карельского языка (тверские говоры) [Dictionary of the Karelian language (Tver dialects)], →ISBN

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone

• AEDLL

Inherited from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛ.dɾa/

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. rock, stone
   • a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 294 (facsimile):

     Como hũa moller q̇ iogaua os dados en pulla lançou hũa pedra aa omagen de ſ[ant]a mari[a] por q̇ perdera ⁊ parou un angeo de pedra que y eſtava a mão ⁊ reçibiu o colpe.

     How a woman who was playing dice in Apulia threw a stone at the statue of Holy Mary because she had lost, and an angel of stone which was there reached out its hand and received the blow.

2. (figurative) penis

• pedreiro

• Fala: pedra, peira
• Galician: pedra
• Portuguese: pedra (see there for further descendants)

• Universo Cantigas - "pedra"

• pera (archaic)
  • péra (pre-1990 spelling)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese pedra, from Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra). Cognate with Fala and Galician pedra.

• Hyphenation: pe‧dra

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone (as a material)
2. stone, rock

   Synonym: rocha

3. rock (closed hand in rock paper scissors)
4. hailstone
5. (medicine) deposit, calculus, stone

   Synonym: cálculo

6. (dentistry) tartar
7. (slang) crack cocaine

• Guinea-Bissau Creole: pedra
• Kabuverdianu: pédra

From Latin petra, from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra).

pedra f (plural pedras)

1. stone